From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 25/07/2024 20:20, David Higton wrote:   
   > Anyone with any sense would replace them before the bathtub failure curve   
   > starts to rise, which is usually not long after the end of the warranty   
   > period.   
      
   It entirely depends on usage pattern,. A disk which is being accessed   
   and having huge amounts of data written and  erased, yes.   
      
   A disk in a desktop computer that loads the OS and does bugger all.   
   Many times longer.   
      
      
      
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