Re: Seagate Elite-9: should I?

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From: Lee Sun Pin
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 03:45

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Robert Hammen (hammen@sells.com) wrote:
: Hi folks,

: I thought I'd ask the collected wisdom of the net: are the Seagate Elite-9
: drives (5 1/4", full-height) reliable? I tried to order one a year ago,
: but they  either hadn't started shipping or were on QA hold, so I gave up
: and bought 2 Barracuda-4's. I've seen some people gripe about the Elite-9
: on these groups in the past, but didn't pay attention 'til now, when I
: need a lot more storage on my OPI server (which is about out of SCSI
: ID's). I've talked to a few vendors, and they claim the drives are on
: backorder/on production hold right now. This scares me, but I'm not sure
: if it's sales BS or the truth. Does anyone know?

: Robert

: -- 
: Robert Hammen | Publishing/Network Administrator | Sells Printing Company
: 16000 W. Rogers Dr. | New Berlin, WI 53151 | 414/784-9500 | 414/784-7876 fax
: hammen@sells.com | CompuServe: 70701,2104 | AOL/eWorld: Mac Wiz1

We have 2 units of Seagate Elite-9 hard disks on a Sparc and no problems
encountered so far.

Sun-Pin Lee
sunpin@apple-iss.iss.nus.sg

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