On 05/04/2011 06:07 PM, Darren New wrote:
> On 4/5/2011 7:41, clipka wrote:
>> Am 05.04.2011 16:09, schrieb Invisible:
>>
>>> I have absolutely no idea whether these "server-grade" drives really
>>> *are* more reliable, or whether it's just a sucker tax.
>>
>> Server drives are designed to endure continuous use.
>>
>> Desktop drives are designed to endure lots of power cycles.
>
> The drives in a NAS are exactly the same as what you'd buy off the shelf
> in an electronics store.
>
> Google has a whitepaper telling about the drive reliability based on
> statistics from half a million disk drives. There's little correlation
> between "category" and reliability.

So it *is* a sucker tax then.

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