Yers. I can't remember a seal problem. There were problems sometimes which were supposedly to do with the lubricant on the heads (they land on the pack when it's switched off) causing stiction if the drive wasn't powered up for a while. Not a problem with Hitachi or Amdahl, not too bad with IBM units, worse with Memorex, a lot worse with STC, and Darren would go absolutely postal if I used the correct language to describe ISS drives.
They're quite maintenance-intensive - certainly by modern standards. There's a HUGE filter in the back of the drive that needs changing (IIRC) about every three months. They also pull a fair bit of current - it would be that that worried me, rather than the weight. And, of course, the weight of a 3880. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
