🚀 go-pugleaf

I have had four Micropolis drives all fail way before their time (in some 
cases 4 months old).  Maxtor, Conner and WD have all been very reliable for 
me. I have over 700 mixed drives of those three types in operation on my 
network and have about 1 failure every 10-12 months out of 700.  Not too 
bad...  



In article <4ncua7$b1k@brain.npiec.on.ca>, bgracey@freenet.npiec.on.ca says...
>
>Steven, sorry to hear about your Micropolis incident.  I myself just 
>bought a used Gig full height SCSI that was a Micropolis.  It worked when 
>I got it but was unreliable upon bootup and last night (only a week 
>later) it died on me.  I'm not sure how old the drive was but it's 
>quirkiness and unreliable booting made me wonder anyway.
>
>There was a time, when I was still searching through the magazines 
>looking over specs and prices, that I thought Micropolis made an 
>excellent product.  Heck, with a five year warranty, they must be good, I 
>thought!  I guess I was wrong and now I'm out a sizeable sum for my lost 
>GIG drive... and as anyone knows who has purchased a Micropolis, the 
>warranty is not transferrable... even if my drive was a year old I 
>couldn't ask Micropolis for help in replacing it.
>
>For your next drive I would recommend pretty much any other major brand.  
>I have heard from friends that Segate makes some nice drives, and Western 
>Digital Caviar drives are supposed to be really good too.  Conner, 
>Maxtor, NEC are decent AFAIK.
>
>--
>Byron Gracey
>bgracey@freenet.npiec.on.ca
>