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Re: Advice on Reliable 4 Gig SCSI

From: Michael Faurot
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 14:43

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David H. Lee (davelee@davelee) wrote:
: 
: 
: I'm in the market for a reliable 4 Gig SCSI drive for my new Micron P-133 
: system.  After scanning the groups it would appear that the Seagate 
: barracudas have a bad tendency towards heat-related failure..
: 
: At the moment, i'm considering the Micropolis 4 Gig SCSI drive, the 
: M3???, with the 7200 rpm spindle speed and 8.5 ms access time..
: 
: Has anyone had any reliability problems with this drive? 
: 
: Also, can you recommend any other brands?
: 

My ISP went through a number of Micropolis 4Gig drives in a short period
of time (about 3 months).  I believe they had about 4 or 5 of these go
bad.  I don't know the model numbers unfortunately.

I'm using Seagate Barracudas (14 2G drives) in a Pyramid.  No problems
what-so-ever with them in 8 months of operation.  I believe the trick,
is to insure that they get plenty of air-flow over them to insure they
are able to disapate the heat properly.
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