On 1/31/2011 2:54 AM, Morty Abzug wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:01:32PM +1100, James Harper wrote: > >> The first USB backup completed after about 36 hours and then the >> drive failed completely (won't even spin up) 2 hours later. It's a >> 2TB drive (1TB would have worked with about 2GB to spare!) and cost >> about AUD$235. > I highly recommend, when you buy a consumer-grade disk, that you test > it before using it. The Linux "badblocks" command is adequate for > this. I've seen as high as 50% failure with a certain model of disks > during the initial badblocks pass. It was kinda shocking. >
Hard Disks have bad batches, I guess part of the manufacturing process? I have seen them fail very quickly in a certain time period and then not fail at all for a while, very interesting, caution! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
