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[Marghanita da Cruz]

Stewart Fist wrote:
> Thanks to all for the rash of anecdotes -- they have helped me clarify the
> question, although I'm still dubious about many of the answers.
> 
> Do people accept that a manufacturer's MTBF is something devised by rigorous
> testing rather than a figure invented by the only mathematically-literate
> spin-doctor in the PR department.
...
to help you clarify your questions...

the idea of disks failing sells mirror/redundant systems....

sometimes it is the redundancy mechanism that is less reliable than the 
disks themselves...
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