hard disk reliability

[Greg Lindahl]

> I would also be interested in comments from
> people running beowulfs with 100 or more
> nodes, where every node has a hard disk. Do
> you guys exchange a hard disk every month?
> Or even every week?

In my previous life, I had a steady failure rate of 1 per 400 disks
per month. In my current life I have 400 disks and I've only had 1
failure in a year. 0 power supplies, 4 case fans, but 3 from the same
batch.

-- g