Say you took a hard disk

[imported_Phil]

... and thrashed the life out of it constantly, 24/7. I mean like really rag on it, random seeks for hours.

How long would it last?

 

[Homerboy]

Im pretty sure servers do those now
and they are under warranty for years and years and years

 

[MichaelD]

If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
Im pretty sure servers do those now
and they are under warranty for years and years and years

Okay, so let's narrow it down to SATA/IDE drives.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

:laugh: So true....

 

[Platypus]

No way to predict something like that... there are too many variables.

Is this an underlying question to something bigger or just curiosity?

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Platypus
No way to predict something like that... there are too many variables.

Is this an underlying question to something bigger or just curiosity?

Boredom.

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

:laugh: So true....

Funny I've had WDs for years.. not 1 failure... until yesteday all 4 of my HDs were WD now I got 1 Seagate 300g casue it was on sale for 100 bucks =)
Ive still got a few 20-40 gigs installed in my system from years ago..

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

:laugh: So true....

Funny I've had WDs for years.. not 1 failure... until yesteday all 4 of my HDs were WD now I got 1 Seagate 300g casue it was on sale for 100 bucks =)
Ive still got a few 20-40 gigs installed in my system from years ago..

Logic has no place in my threads.

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

This man speaks the truth. (Although I hear the new RAID edition drives are at least a little bit better.)

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

:laugh: So true....

Funny I've had WDs for years.. not 1 failure... until yesteday all 4 of my HDs were WD now I got 1 Seagate 300g casue it was on sale for 100 bucks =)
Ive still got a few 20-40 gigs installed in my system from years ago..

Have you ever used them in a (extremely tight budget) high-transaction database server (in a sata/ide RAID)? A week is generous.

 

[Scarpozzi]

IDE, ATA, SATA, or SCSI....

No matter which one you choose, put it in a RAID configuration with a hotspare and get some sleep.

BTW....by design, hard drives are made to work. What makes them fail is usually mechanical failure, firmware failure, or heat/environmental issues.....so "rag" on it all you like.

 

[Journer]

i have had WDs forever...if got a giant ass 5.25" that still runs like a charm...ive never had one fail...where as while working at BB and other places...i always, ALWAYS see fuxed maxtors and IBMs...i also have a SCSI 15k seagate that has done me good for about 4 years...

 

[Goosemaster]

SCSI wuzzy was RAID aware

SCSI wuzzy had no spare

Scuzzy wuzzy really that redundant, wuz he?

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

:laugh: So true....

Funny I've had WDs for years.. not 1 failure... until yesteday all 4 of my HDs were WD now I got 1 Seagate 300g casue it was on sale for 100 bucks =)
Ive still got a few 20-40 gigs installed in my system from years ago..

Have you ever used them in a (extremely tight budget) high-transaction database server (in a sata/ide RAID)? A week is generous.

Even more high stress... a 1 TB Porn collection
and still going strong =P

 

[So]

I had an old 13GB IBM deskstar (the generation before the DeathStars) that I bought in 1999. It pretty much played mp3's all day for the next five years, before I finally retired it. During that time, I dropped it more than once transferring it between computers (a few inches, granted) and it still trucked on until I retired it.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: ebaycj

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

:laugh: So true....

Funny I've had WDs for years.. not 1 failure... until yesteday all 4 of my HDs were WD now I got 1 Seagate 300g casue it was on sale for 100 bucks =)
Ive still got a few 20-40 gigs installed in my system from years ago..

Have you ever used them in a (extremely tight budget) high-transaction database server (in a sata/ide RAID)? A week is generous.

Tell me you're using SCSI Western Digitals. For the love of all that is holy.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
IDE, ATA, SATA, or SCSI....

No matter which one you choose, put it in a RAID configuration with a hotspare and get some sleep.

BTW....by design, hard drives are made to work. What makes them fail is usually mechanical failure, firmware failure, or heat/environmental issues.....so "rag" on it all you like.

I said PATA or SATA.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: Phil

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
IDE, ATA, SATA, or SCSI....

No matter which one you choose, put it in a RAID configuration with a hotspare and get some sleep.

BTW....by design, hard drives are made to work. What makes them fail is usually mechanical failure, firmware failure, or heat/environmental issues.....so "rag" on it all you like.

I said PATA or SATA.

Scarpozzi is right though. harddrives are designed to work a lot. Do you think servers are turned of a lot? what about streaming video servers? that pounds a harddrive pretty bad. anyway, harddrives usually fail, as Scarpozzi said, because of mechnical failure (the motor has had it) firmware failure (very rare) or heat issue.

 

[her209]

I put mine through abuse... moving large amounts of "data" constantly. I've had over 8 die on me so far.

 

[Trikat]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

So that means the Maxtors will be alive for about 5 days.

 

[Reel]

What would this be a parody of? The "My parents think I'm gay" thread?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Reel
What would this be a parody of? The "My parents think I'm gay" thread?

Nah, Phil's parents already know he's gay :laugh:

 

[DarkKnight69]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
If it's a Western Digital, about a week.

If you get a good one!! If ch1tty, say, ohh, 30 mins?

 

[EyeMWing]

Between 3 years and 15. Really no reason they should fail before that, unless it's a lemon to begin with. Beyond that, it depends on the individual drive, and how big it's balls are.