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tpark@csupomona.edu wrote:
: > I have had two drives (out of three Micropolis drives total) fail, the 2210
: > failed after 6 months and was replaced.  The first replacement was around a
: > year old and it was replaced, the first Micropolis (ESDI) has not failed
: > (frantically knocking on wood).  The point is both Micropolis SCSI drives
: > have failed.
: > 
: > Anyone have an opinion if this was merely bad luck, or if this could be
: > considered normal for Micropolis?  How do they rank up in the drive makers
: > in terms of reliability?

: I've had some bad luck with the micropolis 2217s.  It wasn't entirely 
: their fault.  I first one I got ran fine before it got hit by the

	Well, let's see.  I ordered it on Monday, it arrived Tuesday afternoon.
	I recall the price being around $1110 complete including shipping,
	cable, external case.  Low level formatted and verified it on Tuesday
	night.  Prepared filesystems and performed surface testing on Wednesday
	night.  Moved my public files to their new home on Thursday night.
	Moved my newsgroups around and doubled space to 1 gig (the whole of a
	2210 (1050 meg) drive) on Saturday.  Took 8 hours doing so.  It's still
	running well today.  I guess thats around 6 straight 24 hour days.  I
	had the serial number ran at Micropolis -- was made TWO WEEKS ago.

	So far (knock on wood) so good.

Steven
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