🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <46jkou$6an@panix.com>, Harvey Fishman <fishman@panix.com> wrote:
>
>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.
>
>But seriously, if you are unwilling to devote the time and $$$ to do the
>proper cooling then definitely avoid Barracudas.  But if you give them the
>proper care, feeding, and love they will serve you long, well, and fast.

But should one need to go to such extremes with such an expensive
drive?  I don't think so.  We've gone through 5 of the 15150N's in
the last 5 months on one of our news machines at the office -- and
in each case Seagate was at least good about getting a replacement
our via next day air -- but the hassles of bring the machine down
gets one depressed...

At home, I've installed an Atlas.  It appears to be slightly
faster than the 15150N -- I show average thoughput using hdparm
at 9mb..

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Larry D Snyder, Orlando, Florida -- larry@RN.com