* Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> [070407 00:49]:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, david@lang.hm wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 6 Apr 2007, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> >
> >>Based on experience I think that on average server drives are more
> >>reliable than consumer grade drives, and can take more punishment.
> >
> >this I am not sure about
>
> I think they should survey Tivo owners next time.
>
> Perfect stress-testing environment. Mine runs at over 50C most of the time, and it's writing 2 video streams 24/7.
Whatmore could you do to punish a drive? :)
Well, there is one thing, actually what my dreambox does ;)
-) read/write 2 streams at the same time. (which means quite a bit of
seeking under pressure)
-) and even worse, standby and sleep states. And powering up the drive
when needed.
Andreas