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Problem 29BSC

 

Redundancy in Computer Hard Drives Assume that there is a 2% rate of disk drive failure in a year (based on data from various sources, including “Failure Trends in Large Disk Drive Population,” by Pinhero et al. of Google, Inc.).

a. If all of your computer data are stored on a hard disk drive with a copy stored on a second hard disk drive, what is the probability that during a year, you can avoid catastrophe with at least one working drive?

b. If copies of all of your computer data are stored on three independent hard disk drives, what is the probability that during a year, you can avoid catastrophe with at least one working drive?

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Problem 29BSC

 

Redundancy in Computer Hard Drives Assume that there is a 2% rate of disk drive failure in a year (based on data from various sources, including “Failure Trends in Large Disk Drive Population,” by Pinhero et al. of Google, Inc.).

a. If all of your computer data are stored on a hard disk drive with a copy stored on a second hard disk drive, what is the probability that during a year, you can avoid catastrophe with at least one working drive?

b. If copies of all of your computer data are stored on three independent hard disk drives, what is the probability that during a year, you can avoid catastrophe with at least one working drive?

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