[mythtv-users] Dec 2008 - State of the Art - Hard Drive Recommendations?

[David Brodbeck]

Michael T. Dean wrote:
> The nonoperating shock level that the drive can experience without 
> incurring physical damage or degradation in performance when 
> subsequently put into operation is 300 Gs based on a nonrepetitive 
> half-sine shock pulse of 2 msec duration.

That sounds impressive until you realize it's about a 1.5 inch drop to
concrete, for a bare drive.  (Obviously packaging helps a lot by
spreading out the deceleration.)

> So, just get Tom's Hardware (or whomever) to do some real-world tests to 
> see how well today's HDD's tolerate shock under various conditions (bare 
> and bubble wrapped drives dropped onto various surfaces from various 
> heights with various areas--side, bottom, corner--making first contact 
> as well as drives in boxes, with various packaging methods).  I'd read 
> the article.

Me too.  That would be pretty interesting.