The goal of any good systems administrator is to avoid being a victim of the mean time between failure value of hardware and find a way to mitigate the risk of a disk failure.

所有好的系统管理员的目标是避免成为硬件平均故障间隔时间的受害者，并找到一种方式来减轻磁盘故障的风险。

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In order to recommend proper stocking levels, ShanghaiSuperCTRL Automation co., Ltd. USES a theoretical calculation based on Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF).

为了建议适当的库存量，业控自动化使用一个基于故障平均时间间隔的理论计算。

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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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