An analysis of latent sector errors in disk drives

Performance Evaluation Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 289-300

  Bairavasundaram, Lakshmi N ^a   Goodson, Garth R ^b   Pasupathy, Shankar ^b   Schindler, Jiri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Disk drive reliability; Latent sector errors; MTTDL

Indexed keywords

DISK DRIVES; DISK FAILURES; LATENT SECTOR ERRORS;

DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE;

EID: 36348936759     PISSN: 01635999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1269899.1254917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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