Hard Drive Failures Happen Faster than Previously Thought

Submitted by Tom on Sun, 2007-02-25 20:38

According to a recent study by Google, analyzed here in an ars technica article published today, 14% of hard drives fail in just 2 years, and then by year 5, 35% have failed. This is significantly less time than the manufacturers are telling us with their mean time to failure (MTTF) figures.
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