On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:52:19 -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Paul Morgan wrote: > >> > - disks doesn't fail as often as a power supply >> > -- hint.. add a nice fan for each disk >> > >> >> My experience is the opposite: I have never had a power supply fail, but I >> have had several disks fail. > > everybody's experiences will be different because: > - some people buy good products, some people buy cheap stuff > - some people add fans where needed, some people dont > > - there are always exception to the rule of "good stuff" > ( like ibm's major [EMAIL PROTECTED] with their deskstar series of drives, > ( caused them to sell their entire disk drive division to hitachi > ( -- just kidding .. but the timing is good for a joke > > given the same system ... things that should die first would be based > on MTBF ... ( mean time between failure ) all rated at 25C > > Warranty period is probably closely related to MTBF ... > > - fans ( typically no warranty ... ) > > - power supplies ( some have 100,000 hrs if you believe it ) > which confirms Pauls experiences w/ power supply vs disks > > example: http://www.sparklepower.com/pdf/FSP300-60GRE.pdf > > - disks ( typically warrantied for 1-3 yrs ) > > - cpu has an mtbf around 30,000 hrs ( about 5 yrs ) > http://www.Linux-1U.net/CPU/ > > -- notice that your cpu lifespan dies 2x faster for each > 10C increase in temp > > c ya > alvin
Since 1982 when I bought Chuck Peddle's Sirius 1 (Victor 9000 in the US), I have had the following failures: power supply: 1 hard disk drive: 4 modem: 1 (lightning) I've been building my own machines for a number of years, and have generally had more disks than power supplies. At the moment, for instance, I am running 1 power supply, 1 CPU and 6 disks, so my odds in favor of a disk failure as opposed to a power supply failure are significantly increased. Your response was interesting, alvin, thanks. -- ....................paul "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected." (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
