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From: hundt@wind.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Disc reliability
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Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 17:27:52 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  1 17:27:52 1987
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>> ...Are all small hard disks unreliable compared with good large ones?

>While some brands of "small disks" seem to have shorter MTBF than
>others, I believe that small disks, as a class, are no less reliable
>than large disks.  The difference, however, is that small disks tend

A bigger disk had *better* be more reliable (eg. an Eagle's bearings
*better* be better than an ST225s, considering the enormous difference
in the value of the data stored).  Plus, since you're spending much
more money on it, you should expect a better unit.  (Some will argue
that you may be spending the same or even less per unit storage, but
there's still only one motor and that one better be good!)

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