Abstract: Product reliability is a function of effective usage and applied stress (both operational and environmental) conditions. In real life, both usage and stress levels are not fixed, but random variables; i.e., they are statistically distributed. During engineering life test design, people often pick the high percentiles for population usage and stress level as the... Read more
Abstract Microgrid refers to a localized group of electricity sources and loads that operates connected to the electric grid or grid-independently in island mode. Microgrids are used in powering communities and critical infrastructure such as datacenters to ensure continuous power during grid outage or disruption. It can include various energy sources such as solar panels,... Read more
Hard Disk Drives (HDD) and Solid-State Devices (SSD) are the storage work horses in today’s data world. At Western Digital Corporation, we are in the unique position to have in-depth insights into reliability assurance methods for both technologies. We will discuss interesting commonalities, differences, and opportunities, with focus on Data Center and Enterprise devices
