Posted on 06/24/2014 1:29:22 PM PDT by QT3.14
I run a data center. Disk drives that are left running continuously last between two and three years. Three years is about 36 months.
The odds of a disk failing in any given month are roughly one in 36. The odds of two different drives failing in the same month are roughly one in 36 squared, or 1 in about 1,300. The odds of three drives failing in the same month is 36 cubed or 1 in 46,656. The odds of seven different drives failing in the same month is 37 to the 7th power = 1 in 78,664,164,096.
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And the odds of these drives all failing within 10 days of an investigation starting are?
Those of us in the data storage industry are having a good laugh over this whole mess.
Do a really need a /sarc tag here?
Indeed
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This is the party of Arkancide. Killing 7 hard drives is nothing for these communist bastards!
The odds of you being audited, 1-1
About?
I agree about the stats on seven hard drives but even in a data center running continuously, they last longer than three years, usually up to five years or more. They become obsolete quick, too.
somewhere out there a Dumpster Diver has these hard drives
Sure. The chances are very slim. But, the other possibility is they’re all lying at the same time. How bout those odds? Dem lovers lying, really?
More than 7 harddrives. All of those in the email chain (did she only ever write to/receive mail from 6 persons at the IRS)?
1 in 78,664,164,096.
Greater odds even tha hillary clinton making a scad of money on her first trade in Cattle Futures.....
What do you mean, he’s a racist? MATH is racist!
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Caused by global warming, no doubt!
Server drives and most likely with redundant backups surely contains a backup copy stored somewhere. And from the IRS of all places-
Yeah, I’m just taking notes so I’m prepared to deal with some green college kid from the IRS that wants to lecture me about my record keeping.....
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