In terms of loss of volume or corruption, is failure probability of an Amazon EBS volume 'x', indepe

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In terms of loss of volume or corruption, is failure probability of an Amazon EBS* volume 'x', independent of the failure of another volume 'y'.

Amazon states[1] AFR** of between 0.1%-0.5%, lets say 0.5%, 0.005. To restate the question is the AFR composed of two EBSs mirrored actually 0.005*0.005 = 0.000025?

To be clear I'm not interested in high availability here, just very high durability.

*EBS = elastic block storage (amazons persistant disks) **AFR = annual failure rate. [1] http://aws.amazon.com/ebs/

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