I must say I've never seen that high a failure rate in any brand of HD's though the old MiniScribe's came close. It was over that for IBM's glass paltter drives but that was a particular model problem not a whole problem. Segate have been the most relaiable for me through the years.
Yes, I have a Tyan in my internal web-server that dates back to 1998. It has been in almost continuous use and not a bulge in sight. I think the problem is not so much with capacitor (or resistor) technology, but with manufacturers today trying to use the cheapest components (and thus lower quality generally) they can get way with to cut costs - quality has suffered in the pursuit of profit and speed to market.
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