I've just experienced a double disk failure on my raid 0 array

[Peter Korsten]

Søren Knudsen schreef:

> Yes, you are right. But still. They are only 10 months old, so I figured the first of them to fail had a small build error, but seeing the second one go soon after.... I guess that’s just how long they should last when running 24/7 :?

Hmm, that's a bit dodgy, yes. My Sun at work has a pretty standard IDE 
drive of 110 GB (and an old 20 GB one, that gets switched spun up on 
demand) that runs 24/7, and I have no idea for how long now.

> The first of the replacement discs I ordered was a Samsung Spinpoint F1 Desktop identical to the ones that failed. When I ordered the second, I got the a Samsung Spinpoint F1 Raid, which is allegedly made for servers and not desktops. I'll see if that disc lasts longer (and cost nearly twice as much, but what the heck - I don’t want to lose my data).

Hmm, I'd be careful taking consumer grade discs and running them 24/7, 
though. This is one reason why I prefer the more expensive discs - in 
general, they last longer, or give fewer problems.

- Peter