[j-nsp] High failure rates for M7i/M10i hard disks?

[Hyunseog Ryu]

I'm wondering whether we should ask for RMA for RE every 3 years or not.
I think HDD usually comes with 1 year or 3 year warranty, and 
considering the average life cycle by 24X7X365 operation,
it should be replaced every 2 or 3 years.
So we may need to check the manufactuering date, and if it passed 3 
years from manufacturing date,
just ask for RMA?

Juniper really needs to consider RAID for RE HDD.
Considering the cost we pay for RE/Router purchase, and the cost for 
maintenance,
Juniper needs to pay attention to more redundant hardware/system for 
fault tolerance.

Hyun



sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:

>>I dunno, I have laptops that have been on 24x7 for well over a year now, and
>>they haven't crashed.  *shrug*
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>Yup, and I have home PCs with ATA disks and FreeBSD that stay up 24x7
>for months and years. *However* I have several times noticed (on *some*
>types of ATA disks) that the disk actually spins down and then spins up
>again, a few times each day. YMMV.
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>Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
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