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    <tt>I thought this was interesting. It appears that HDD mean time
      between failures is measurable, in so far as it is totally
      unpredictable. So sayeth Carnegie Mellon University.<br>
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      Apparently HDD manufacturers are padding their MTBF numbers, by
      alot, which isn't a total shocker.<br>
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          <td><tt>SCSI no better than off the shelf...</tt></td>
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          <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT"><tt>Date:
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          <td><tt>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:41:38 -0800 (PST)</tt></td>
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          <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT"><tt>From:
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          <td><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:backotruck@yahoo.com">backotruck@yahoo.com</a></tt></td>
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          <td><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:backotruck@yahoo.com">backotruck@yahoo.com</a></tt></td>
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          <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT"><tt>To: </tt></th>
          <td><tt>Todd Thomas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:todd_dsm@ssiresults.com"><todd_dsm@ssiresults.com></a></tt></td>
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      <div><tt><small><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.neowin.net/news/study-hard-drive-mtbf-ratings-highly-exaggerated">http://www.neowin.net/news/study-hard-drive-mtbf-ratings-highly-exaggerated</a></small></tt></div>
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