linux-kernel - Re: [patch 3/3] pata: "I do not think it means, what you think it means."

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Date:	Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:33:53 -0700
From:	Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Cc:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, jeff@...zik.org,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, alan@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 3/3] pata: "I do not think it means, what you think it
	means."


On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 18:22 +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl> wrote:
> > "Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz" <bzolnier@...il.com> writes:
> >
> >
> > > [ Actually, I'm not surprised as we are getting patches/reports for much
> >  >   older/buggier hardware...  After all we are doing Linux not some other
> >  >   OS whose every release obsoletes the old hardware. ;-) ]
> >
> >  It isn't just about old/buggy hardware (personally I'm using much
> >  older items). The DTLA disks had "rather" short MTBF, with something
> >  like 30% returns in the first year after purchase, according to a
> >  friendly distributor. Despite firmware upgrades, they were unfixable.
> 
> Ah, you meant that it was a DeathStar drive... well, a lucky survivor...

In my experience what they needed was proper cooling.  I have a 3ware
RAID-5 array of 4 120 GB DeskStar drives still working.  In a nice RAID
enclosure with fans, not tucked next to an overclocked video card and
the power supply.
-- 
Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>

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