Maxtor QUICKVIEW ATA - Manual (Page 36)

Product Specifications
Maxtor QuickView 400/500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive 4-7
4.9 Reliability Specifications
Annualized Return Rate
<1.0% Annualized Return Rate (ARR) indicates the average against
products shipped. ARR includes all reasons for returns (failures,
handling, damage, NDF) but does not include inventory credit
returns.
Start/Stop Cycles
>50,000 This indicates the average minimum cycles for reliable start/stop
function.
R=0.9998@ >4500,
R=0.9995 @ >7500,
R=0.5 @ >= 50000
Data Reliability
<1 in10
15
bits read
Data errors (non-recoverable). Average data error rate allowed with
all error recovery features activated.
Component Design Life
5 years
Component design life is defined as:
a.) the time period before identifiedwear-out mechanisms impact the failure rate,
or
b.) the time period up to thewear-out point when useful component life expires.