Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:57:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Tony Li <tli@juniper.net> To: asmodai@wxs.nl Cc: chad@rez.com, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New microdrives from IBM Message-ID: <199810071957.MAA02081@chimp.juniper.net> In-Reply-To: <771898EF14E6.AAC5AD4@smtp01.wxs.nl> (message from Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai on Wed, 07 Oct 1998 21:43:08 %2B0200)
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| >> http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/micro/index.htm | > | > | >Unfortunately, they don't seem to be touting the incredibly high MTBF | >numbers that one might like for an embedded systems product. | | Call me lame, but what was MTBF again? Thought it was related to HD's ? Mean Time Between Failure. It applies to components as well as systems. Yes, they relate to HD's (which the IBM disk _is_). Without a MTBF similar to that of a flash device (very high -- no moving parts), a HD will drag down the MTBF numbers of the overall system. Not good if you have to absolutely, positively not fail. Tony To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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