Re: IBM ultrastar replacement anyone ?

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From: Dave Olson
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 05:24

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delusion@netcom.com (Digital Illusion) writes:
| What do we do about drives that we've had use the frisbee toss on?
| Will sgi replace those ones?

Any drive requiring the frisbee toss should be replaced.  There has
been some confusion about this internally, particularly in support, but
engineering is pretty adamant about this one (and the IBM reps seem
to agree also).  That said, if it wasn't an SGI person who either
did it, or told you to do it, things could get slightly dicey if
the drive fails altogether (too rough a treatment).  With plain old
stiction, the data can "always" be recovered, but too much shock treatment
can trash the media.

Please note that this isn't an official sgi statement, but I believe it
to be true (and I was fairly involved with the whole mess).
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The most beautiful things in the world | Dave Olson, Silicon Graphics
are those from which all excess weight | http://reality.sgi.com/employees/olson
has been removed.  -Henry Ford         | olson@sgi.com

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