I always thought most hardware failures were from age, but a report from a data center in Phoenix said 78% of drive replacements in their first year were from vibration damage during shipping.

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Ever think that report might be wrong? Hard drives are tougher than that, and shipping damage gets caught in testing way before they hit a server.

Hard drives are tougher than that" - tell that to my UPS guy

Wait, 78% in the first year? That's crazy high. I figured they'd at least last a couple years before giving up.