tlug: "M" is not for "Mother" [was: SCSI Server Card]

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "boku" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull@example.com> writes:

    boku> ... on the other hand, I've had two of four WD Caviar drives
    boku> and two of two ... what the hell was that, began with an
    boku> "M"---obviously, I don't _want_ to remember ... drives go
    boku> belly-up

"M" is for "Micropolis".  They were really good about replacing the
first one, and I didn't lose any data (mostly because the "wheeeeng"
noise it was making gave me about 2 months warning :-).  After the
second one went the same way, I didn't want a third, so I didn't avail
myself of the warranty....

I don't necessarily blame Micropolis, because in one year at Tsukuba
my computer collects more black soot on the fan grates than I've ever
seen on a 15-year-old diesel's exhaust pipe....  But unlike modern
disks, that one was not hermetically sealed (maybe internally, but the
case had holes in it).  The trials of a rice-based economy.

Also "2" is a very small sample.  8-P

Price/performance (except for the 8 month MTBF) was really good, too.
Damn.
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