[mythtv-users] How is this pricing possible?

[jedi]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:26:27PM -0800, Rob Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:41 AM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Most current SATA drives on the market are flawed.
> 
> Compared to the past when they never failed?
> 
> Hardware fails. Failure rates rarely change that much year to year.
> Things aren't really any worse or better then they've been in the
> past.

    OTOH, installations with hundreds and thousands of drives are probably
much more common than they used to be. My personal drive count is now in
the double digits. Get more stuff and you're bound to notice things (like
failures) that you didn't before.