It says:
Originally Posted By: Google
The data used for this study were collected between December 2005 and August 2006.

The DeathStars were back in 2001, so I imagine that none of them were involved at all.

Also,
Originally Posted By: Google
None of our SMART data results change significantly when normalized by drive model. The only exception is seek error rate, which is dependent on one specific drive manufacturer
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