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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:15:55 -0500
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] ata drive capabilities
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> what a pity! it would have been so great to have had
> an objective assessment of reliability by manufacturer.
> 
> i've found it really quite hard to find useful data to
> indicate how reliable a drive might be.

would it really help?  any numbers generated would be indicators
for models no longer being sold.  do we know that past manufacturing
performance insures future performance?  

i think that's why they call different drive batches "vintages".

- erik