Is failure rate higher in Sata Drives verses Standard Drives

[silverron]

Is the failure rate higher with sata verses standard hard drives? If you believe sata failure rate is higher, we could be giving in to price, speed, large size for failures.

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Any comments?

 

[cjl]

SATA drives are standard drives. Why would the interface have anything to do with failure rates?

 

[TheViper]

There is no mechanical difference between SATA and IDE drives.

 

[silverron]

Thanks for the insight - clears up some issues peoples have!