top | item 45443074 (no title) pighive | 5 months ago HDDs - are never one time costs. Do datacenters also offer ordering and replacing HDDs? discuss order hn newest epistasis|5 months ago With 30PB it's likely they will simply let capacity fall as drives fail.They apparently have zero need for redundancy in their use case, and the failure rate won't be high enough to take out a significant percentage of their capacity. Symbiote|5 months ago They offer replacing, yes, but normally expect you to order the new one. (Usually covered by a warranty, sent next business day.)
epistasis|5 months ago With 30PB it's likely they will simply let capacity fall as drives fail.They apparently have zero need for redundancy in their use case, and the failure rate won't be high enough to take out a significant percentage of their capacity.
Symbiote|5 months ago They offer replacing, yes, but normally expect you to order the new one. (Usually covered by a warranty, sent next business day.)
epistasis|5 months ago
They apparently have zero need for redundancy in their use case, and the failure rate won't be high enough to take out a significant percentage of their capacity.
Symbiote|5 months ago