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Article #260Re: Hard Drive Failures - Intellex v3.1
From: Mark Leuck
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:43
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:43
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"Homer J" <amolasy@bellnet.ca> wrote in message news:px3Sc.153$ne7.870@news20.bellglobal.com... > Thx for the candid comments. > > These are being used 24/7 for DVR recording. > > When Maxtor first introduced the 100GB drives, I replaced most of them > within the first 6 months. Problem was that on the fly, controller would > arbitrarily write to the drive without reading to see what it was doing - > sort of not looking before you leaping. Problem initially thought to be the > RTO/S (not Windoz) but turned out to be the IDE controller card was > possessed. Without too much arm twisting Maxtor, accommodated by replacing > the HDD's. > > They may be OK for conventional workstation use, however have an unnerving > view on the majority of continuous duty HDD's out there. Anyone make a > mil-spec'd drive - related to a Timex watch ??? > > HJ Yea Toshiba makes a very small hard drive currently used in the mini Ipod however I don't think its designed for seriously heavy duty use, not sure tho
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