From: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
To: Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal@eyal.emu.id.au>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATA/SATA Disk Reliability paper
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:15:01 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200702201515.01677.a1426z@gawab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45DA19C8.8000002@eyal.emu.id.au>
Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
> Disks are sealed, and a dessicant is present in each to keep humidity
> down. If you ever open a disk drive (e.g. for the magnets, or the mirror
> quality platters, or for fun) then you can see the dessicant sachet.
Actually, they aren't sealed 100%.
On wd's at least, there is a hole with a warning printed on its side:
DO NOT COVER HOLE BELOW
V V V V
o
In contrast, older models from the last century, don't have that hole.
> Al Boldi wrote:
> >
> > If there is one thing to watch out for, it is "dew".
> >
> > I remember video machines sensing for dew, so do any drives sense for
> > "dew"?
Thanks!
--
Al
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-02-20 12:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-02-18 18:50 PATA/SATA Disk Reliability paper Richard Scobie
2007-02-19 11:26 ` Al Boldi
2007-02-19 21:42 ` Eyal Lebedinsky
2007-02-20 12:15 ` Al Boldi [this message]
2007-02-22 22:27 ` Nix
2007-02-22 22:30 ` Nix
2007-02-22 23:30 ` Stephen C Woods
2007-02-23 18:22 ` Al Boldi
2007-02-24 22:27 ` Mark Hahn
2007-02-25 11:22 ` Al Boldi
2007-02-25 17:40 ` Mark Hahn
[not found] ` <200702252057.22963.a1426z@gawab.com>
2007-02-25 19:58 ` Mark Hahn
2007-02-25 21:07 ` Al Boldi
2007-02-25 22:14 ` Mark Hahn
2007-02-25 22:46 ` Benjamin Davenport
2007-02-25 23:58 ` Mark Hahn
2007-02-27 19:21 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-02-25 19:02 ` Richard Scobie
2007-02-27 19:06 ` Bill Davidsen
2007-02-26 14:15 ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2007-02-26 17:46 ` Al Boldi
2007-02-20 3:03 ` H. Peter Anvin
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