Thanks to the following folks for their input and suggestions:

Steve Mickeler
Robert Kelly
Tristan Ball
Paul Richards

Opinions on this subject are varied it would seem. Some say "Just RAID
it and go for it"; still others view production as a sacred space and
would use reman gear for non-production use only. What is clear is that
there does not seem to be any hard published data, even MTBF comparisons,
that can be pointed to for justifying one course of action or the other.

Thanks again for your time.

Regards,

--rc

Rick Crelia rick at cobaltgroup.com
Sr. Systems Engineer Ph: 800-909-8244 x8293
IT Hosting Cel: 206-396-9712
The Cobalt Group, Inc. Fax: 206-269-6350

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From: Rick Crelia <rcrelia at cobaltgroup.com>
To:codeprof at codeprof.com
Subject: Data on remanufactured vs. new disk drives
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:16:17 -0700

Hi folks,

We are faced with upgrading some disks in our production
environment. There is a debate as to whether or not we should go with
remanufactured drives in order to save money. Sigh. I think this is not
a good idea for production equipment, but management wants DATA to base
the decision on. I have yet to find any good concrete numbers on MTBF
comparisons. Does anyone have experience or data that they can share
with justification regarding this issue?

Thanks,

--rc

Rick Crelia rick at cobaltgroup.com
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IT Hosting Cel: 206-396-9712
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