The drive contains no moving parts, decreasing the risk of data loss due to shock and vibration, and its mean time between failure (MTBF)4 greatly exceeds that of hard disk drives, giving users peace of mind that it will retain their files for the long term.

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If left unchecked, the problem could lead to failure of the bearing assembly, although related noise and vibration would make this easily detectable by the driver, the company said.

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