In message <pan.2005.11.30.16.45.09.124364_at_telus.net>, HansF
<News.Hans_at_telus.net> writes
>Huge set of possible answers. Please explain the purpose of the question
>to help us understand what answers are relevant.
>
>A friend works in the SAN industry, and it seems that the average
>[preventative maintenance] service he provides for disks is less than 2
>minutes per disk per quarter - given the onboard diagnostics.
>
>Unless, of course, you are asking about the average serviceable life span
>of a typical disk. In which case you want to ask your SAN vendor about
>MTBF.
>
Or does he mean how long it takes to service an IO request?
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Received on Wed Nov 30 2005 - 13:19:35 CST
