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fishman@panix.com (Harvey Fishman) wrote:
>In <46hj2p$r6t@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu> vp24njcb@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu says

>> I haven't heard much good about the Barracudas.
>> They tend to die unexpectedly and often, from what I hear.
>> Just my opinion.

>I have had an ST-15150N in constant operation since April with no
>problems.  I have a friend with very similar experiences.  My ISP has a
>whole passel of them in constant operation for a much longer period of
>time without inordinate failure rates.  The important thing here is to be
>meticulous about the cooling.  The major problem is that the people who
>are too lazy to read and follow the manufacturer's instructions are
>usually the ones with the biggest and baddest mouths.  But I guess that
>that is a consistant pattern of arrogance.


Harvey Fishman is the poster boy for arrogance.

Followers of these groups have read many reports of the Barracuda
problems -- perhaps the drives are no longer so unreliable, I bet the
new ones are better.  We all know cooling these hot 7200 drives is of
course mandatory.  

But only the poster boy of arrogance would presume to call the lot of
them "lazy" and suggest they all didn't follow proper cooling
guidelines.    Many of people complaining were from large operations
with many, many drives -- with extensive knowledge and experience,

just another view...