linux-kernel - Re: failed command FLUSH CACHE EXT

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Message-ID: <4C07666A.7000705@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:23:06 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Thomas Fjellstrom <tfjellstrom@...angesoft.net>
CC:	Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: failed command FLUSH CACHE EXT

Hello,

On 06/03/2010 01:42 AM, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> I seem to have rather bad luck with hard drives. Every time I buy more than 
> two, I tend to get one or two failures out of the batch. 25-50% failure rate 
> almost. Horrible. I at least average 1 dead hard drive a year since I got my 
> first computer.

Hmmm... that sounds really high.  Out of how many?  Hard drives do
fail sometimes but not that easily even if you put it under relatively
heavy use 24/7.  Maybe there is a common cause - say, instable power,
vibration, impact or whatever?  Or maybe the universe just doesn't
like you?  :-)

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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