Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Are those "green" drives any good?
Date:	Thu, 10 May 2012 01:54:17
Message-Id:	`CAC=wYCH_3LTfM3Cr+cJD1CUpK4+1dXrwCKzFhzGT_bDD_h6SPQ@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Are those "green" drives any good? by Pandu Poluan

1	>> Way back in the stone age, there was a guy that released a curve for
2	>> electronics life. The failure rate is high at the beginning, especially
3	>> for the first few minutes, then falls to about nothing, then after
4	>> several years it goes back up again.
5
6	That concept is much more general than just electronics;
7	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve