[clug] forget RAID?

[Michael Still]

Chris Smart wrote:
> Ben wrote:
> [snip]
>> http://storagemojo.com/?p=383
>>
>> So (not being overly knowledgeable in this are) what does this mean in
>> practical terms?
> Hey Ben,
> I'm no expert but in my opinion, the thing to realise is that hard
> drives die. They die quicker and more easily when they are not operating
> within their spec in regards to things like temperature.

Actually, the paper found that temperature was not a large factor in
disk failure:

"Surprisingly, we found that temperature and activity levels were much
less correlated with drive failures than previously reported."

Mikal