sirbruce@ix.netcom.com wrote:
As has been pointed out before, Netapp tests DRAM they get from Samsung before it goes out the door, and does find failures, so I can't see how Samsung direct could be any MORE reliable, unless Netapp somehow damages the DRAM in assembly or shipment.
Bruce
Maybe it may make people feel better if NetApp could supply some facts that would show people what kind of failure rate they find on some of the different lines of products. It is one thing to say that they find failures, but are the failures 1 in 10 or 1 in 200?
I would agree that if the failure rate is high (i.e. 1 in 10), then NetApp is certianly pushing the edge of the components. BUT (and a big but at that) if the failure rate is much lower (e.g. 1 in 100 or 200 components), then I would tend to say that NetApp's argument for testing does not hold any water. The small amount of failures that NetApp finds could be attributed to manufacturing defects and delivery problems.
Now of course NetApp is under no obligation to supply any figures, but it could end some of the arguments concerning the pricing of NetApp components. -- Gerard Hickey email: Gerard.Hickey@nsc.com National Semiconductor Corporation phone: +1 207 541 6101 Advance Development Center, MS 03-03 fax: +1 207 541 6108 5 Foden Road, South Portland, Maine 04106-1706