[mythtv-users] The Bigger... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition

[Brian Wood]

Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> Yeah, but as I note whenever this comes up, duty cycle is an issue:
> some MythTV users are running their drives in a duty cycle *much*
> closer to server than desktop, and those desktop drives may last 5
> years... but not at 100% duty 24/7.
> 
> The SCSI drives will; I've done it.

I can only speak from my experience over many years. Whenever I have a
drive fail I put the dead one on my window sill. I have two piles, ATA
and SCSI. The ATA pile is about a foot high, the SCSI pile has one drive.

beww