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- From: keithl@klic.rain.com (Keith Lofstrom)
- Subject: Million mile hard drives
- Message-ID: <1992Aug22.164451.12126@klic.rain.com>
- Organization: KLIC
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 16:44:51 GMT
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- Fun hard drive calculation:
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- 5 inch diameter platter
- x 3.14
- / 12 inches /foot
- x 3600 RPM
- x 60 min/hr
- x 8766 hr / year
- __________
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- 469,180 miles / year
-
- A hard drive that lasts a little over 2 years continuous use puts in a
- million miles of travel. Perhaps it would last even longer if you changed
- the oil every 3000 miles ;-)
-
- Keith
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