<div dir="ltr">Roy,<br>Those are the most comprehensive disk stats I've ever seen.<br><br>So out of curiosity, I emailed Backblaze to ask if they'd noticed any latitudinal effect on disk wear. Not realistically expecting a response, but if they did notice a correlation, it may perhaps emerge by osmosis.<br><br>Karl, I have to think turning a 15K RPM on it's head over a, admittedly long period, has to have an effect. Cumulatively you're going to get uneven wear on the bearings. Also the wear is going to be strongly non linear. Even if it's not a factor today due to current production tolerances and HVAC, it must become a factor eventually, though maybe not necessarily in our lifetime.<br><br>Kind regards<br><br>Paul Wilkins<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 19:59, Peter Betyounan <<a href="mailto:peter.betyounan@serversaustralia.com.au">peter.betyounan@serversaustralia.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Has anyone ever noticed a pattern of disks in equatorial latitudes lasting significantly longer than say Sydney or Melbourne? I notice the Foucault Period for Brisbane is 52hrs vs Melbourne's 39hrs and can't but wonder if this doesn't mean Brisbane based
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