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

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "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.

I have never had a micropolis drive go bad (SCSI).  In fact, of all the
drives I've ever had in any of the machines here, ONLY the micropolis ones
have a 100% success rate, and I've had at least as many of them as any
others.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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