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I manage a computation cluster for an oil and gas exploration company. We have a 50% failure (and rising!) of Seagate Constellation drives in 250GB, 1TB and 2T
by shiftpgdn 12y ago
I manage a computation cluster for an oil and gas exploration company. We have a 50% failure (and rising!) of Seagate Constellation drives in 250GB, 1TB and 2TB configurations. My sample size is fairly small at a few hundred drives but man does it keep me busy.
- iSloth 12y agoWere they all purchased at the same time? Sounds more like a faulty batch or issue with the environment for a rate that high.
- shiftpgdn 12y agoThey've been purchased over a span of a few years so I doubt that's the case. They did have a single exposure to 110F ambient temperature for a few hours when the A/C to the server room went out which may be a contributing factor.
- pixl97 12y agoI have found that to be very hard on disks. Lost a AC unit in summer and over the next month had a much higher rate of disk loss.
- tnorthcutt 12y ago50% annual failure rate, or 50% total, over several years?
- shiftpgdn 12y ago50% total over 2-5 years.