At 10:07 PM 4/5/2007, david@lang.hm wrote:
>On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>
>>Server class drives are designed with a longer lifespan in mind.
>>
>>Server class hard drives are rated at higher temperatures than desktop
>>drives.
>
>these two I question.
>
>David Lang
Both statements are the literal truth. Not that I would suggest
abusing your server class HDs just because they are designed to live
longer and in more demanding environments.
Overheating, nasty electrical phenomenon, and abusive physical shocks
will trash a server class HD almost as fast as it will a consumer grade one.
The big difference between the two is that a server class HD can sit
in a rack with literally 100's of its brothers around it, cranking
away on server class workloads 24x7 in a constant vibration
environment (fans, other HDs, NOC cooling systems) and be quite happy
while a consumer HD will suffer greatly shortened life and die a
horrible death in such a environment and under such use.
Ron
