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From: flatmas@ladder.cs.orst.edu (Scott Timothy Flatman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Virtual Memory and hard disk life
Keywords: Virtual Memory
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Date: 2 Jun 89 15:20:19 GMT
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In article <2872@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> cgw@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu (Gray Watson) writes:
             [ question about hard drive failure deleted ]
>>Ron Morgan    {ames, utah-cs, uunet, gatech}!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!osmigo
>
>I guess the question here is: what part of the hard-drive usually fails first
>due to longevity or use over a long period of time??
>
>As far as I know, most of the hard disk failures, I've heard of, have been
>bering and drive-motor problems.  If this was indeed the case then intensive
>use by virtual memory drivers, which don't increase usage of these parts, would
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
           [ some more stuff deleted ]
>gray

What?! How can this be true? Virtual memory has to constantly switch pages in
and out of memory.In order to accoplish this the motor has to be on!  This means
more wear and tear on the motor and bearings.

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