hard disk reliability

[Joel Jaeggli]

On a 13 node cluster 2 bad power supplies one dead disk(western digital
2gb ide) in a year and a half.

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Christoph Wasshuber wrote:

> Some days ago someone mentioned that one of
> the big benefits of running a diskless cluster
> is the increased reliability. Hard disks are
> the most unreliable part in PCs. Does anybody
> have manufacturer numbers like MTBF (mean time
> between failure)?
> 
> 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?
> 
> How serious is the hard disk reliability issue
> in reality?

Probably not a serious as the the cheapo chinese power supply reliability
issue. 


> Chris....
> 

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