On 04/22/2013 12:07 PM, mathog wrote: > In partial answer to the subject question, let us apply the mode of > analysis used by the drive manufacturers > to human life expectancy, as if Humans were one of their products. > That is, what is the Human AFR and > MTBF? Unlike for disk drives, we can easily obtain a table of USA
[...] > So the MTBF for the humans (in years, not hours), is 1/.000676 = 1479 > years. > This number is just as nonsensical for people as 150 years is for > disks. Paraphrasing that great philosopher, Yoda ... "If into the MTBF calculations you go, only pain will you find." MTBF may be more of a statement of wishful thinking. Not unlike IOP and bandwidth numbers on SSDs. Oh I didn't go there ... oh wait ... I did ... -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics, Inc. email: [email protected] web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/siflash phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
