[ale] SATA Hard Drive Issues?

[mike at trausch.us (Michael B. Trausch)]

On 01/27/2010 10:51 AM, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Aren't identical drives subject to similar failures?

Yes, though I don't ever install them at the same time.  When possible, 
I buy the same model, but stagger the purchases by two to three months 
so as to get drives from different lots; at the *very* least, I will buy 
them both at the same time, but install the second drive two to three 
months later.  That way, the probability that they'll fail at the same 
time and in the same way is at least reduced.

I have yet to actually replace any drives that have failed in this 
configuration, so I don't yet know if any of these drives are going to 
wind up failing in a similar manner at the same time.  So far, so good 
though, and they are health-checked once per week.

	--- Mike

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