On Mon, 2013-10-14 at 16:23 +0100, Paul Tansom wrote:
> ** Anton Piatek <anton@???> [2013-10-12 21:54]:
> > I don't trust hard drives as it seems most of mine
> > die sooner or later.
> ** end quote [Anton Piatek]
Of course; They all die sooner or later. I guarantee it, possibly
excepting if they get retired first, and even then, many will still run
on to extinction in the third world.
> I'm with you on the distrust of hard drives, and I'm even more uncomfortable at
> this point with SSD drives.....
Trusting any of these completely will eventually burn fingers.
I never cease to be amazed at just how reliable HDDs are. They sit there
spinning away at 5000 to 10,000 rpm for years on end, with tiny
mechanical heads flying (literally, using ground-effect) back and forth
over them in milliseconds, and they just keep on going ... for ages.
But not for ever.
Gordon.
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