> Seagate quotes an annualized failure rate of 0.73% when used 24x7
> for Barracuda class drive (data sheet was handy).  That isn't high
> but even if you only use the drive for the 5 year design lifetime
> that's nearly a 1 in 25 chance of failure.

There is an excellent Google report that goes into drive failure in some 
detail.
Not to hand at prsent, but no doubt Gargoyle knows.
Their reported failure rates are far higher than what you quote from 
Seagate.


 Russell 

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