[ale] [semi OT] encouraging and discouraging HDD and SSD observations

[Scott Castaline]

Well I guess that would also make my ST225 on a 286 with DOS 3.XX obsolete.

On 11/01/2013 09:01 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>
> You're implying the 8 GB drive in my Intel 486 / Windows 95 system is 
> obsolete?
>
> *From:*ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Michael B. Trausch
> *Sent:* Friday, November 01, 2013 8:14 AM
> *To:* ale at ale.org
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] [semi OT] encouraging and discouraging HDD and 
> SSD observations
>
> On 10/31/2013 10:00 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>
>     So, discouraging observation: it is now almost impossible to find any HDD or SSD with a warranty of more than 2-3 years.  Are they KIDDING?
>
>
> No, they're not.
>
> You replace drives when they fail.
>
> If an HDD manufacturer offered a 10 year warranty, they'd be out of 
> business *very* quickly.  The fact that they no longer offer 5 year 
> warranties is a */_good_/* thing, reducing cost for us all.  In my 
> experience, if a drive runs for one year, 24x7, without fault, then it 
> is likely to continue to do so for the next 9. OTOH, drives that power 
> off and on a lot, will die much sooner.
>
> Anyway, if you're rich enough to depend on warranties or only use 
> things in-warranty, well, to each their own.  The only warranty I care 
> about on a hard disk is 12 to 18 months. Outside of that, I've 
> probably had to retire it due to growth anyway, my current set of HDDs 
> being the exception.
>
> Most HDDs drive well outside of warranty if treated properly. SSD is 
> flash-based and has its downsides, too, including bitrot (albeit 
> differently than on magnetic media).
>
> This is entirely the wrong industry to want long warranties in.  You 
> only need a warranty long enough to burn in the hardware and use it 
> for a little while.  All other stability should come from your 
> backups.  All.
>
>     --- Mike
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