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===Failure mode=== | |||
Basically, "the way in which the thing fails" | |||
Closely related to its causes. | |||
Often brought up in a "what's the worst thing that can happen, and how do we deal with that?" sense - see also [[fail-safe]] | |||
For example, platter hard drives may | |||
* fail electronically | |||
* fail mechanically | |||
* have detectable bad sectors | |||
* have undetectable corruption | |||
The term might appear in a sentence mentioning that RAID can only deal with some of these failure modes. | |||
Revision as of 17:42, 16 April 2024
Failure mode
Basically, "the way in which the thing fails"
Closely related to its causes.
Often brought up in a "what's the worst thing that can happen, and how do we deal with that?" sense - see also fail-safe
For example, platter hard drives may
- fail electronically
- fail mechanically
- have detectable bad sectors
- have undetectable corruption
The term might appear in a sentence mentioning that RAID can only deal with some of these failure modes.