[AusNOG] Possibly useful device for data retention?

[Chris Legg]

100 years? If it's anything like the WD Green drives you'll be lucky if 
they last 2 years.


On 29/06/2015 3:55 PM, Ross Wheeler wrote:
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>
> I might be way out of touch, but just stumbled on this as a 
> potentially interesting drive.
>
> Low-cost (<$300)
> 8TB, 3.5"
> Claiming MTBF of 800K hrs (almost 100 years of 24/7 operation)
> Designed/specified for 24/7 use.
> Hot-plug.
> 5W (idle), 7.5W (read)
> Available with on-drive encryption. (Wonder if that satisfies the 
> encryption requirement of the legislation?)
> It's a slow-write drive, but that's no real biggie in this application.
> SATA. (OK, that's no so interesting)
>
> http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_archive_hdd_review_8tb
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