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From: Keld =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rn?= Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>
Subject: Re: Distributed spares
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:37:56 +0200
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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 08:30:00AM -0500, David Lethe wrote:
> 
> 
> Good to know. Could yo tell me if this is actually true for normal 
> state-of-the art SATA disks, or only true for more expensive disks? 
> Do you have a good reference for it. 
>  
>  
> read the manual for any disk drive... They go into error detection,  correction recovery algorithms and capability in  great detail.  

I don't get any manual when I buy a disk. Maybe you do - as you are
doing raid systems for your work.

I will see if I can dig upsome manuals on the net for the disks I have, 
just to have some sense of what is state-of-the art.

best regards
keld