On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 15:00, Colin McKinnon wrote: > At 13:08 27/03/02 +0000, willie fleming wrote: > >As always contact Simon Steggles direct if you want to take advantage of > any > >of these offers. > > > >ISTR horror stories about IBM SCSI drives, but I may be mistaken and at > that > >price, who can complain? > >Can anyone confirm these stories? Ive had a 68 pin 9GB running for the > past 3 > >years and while not the quietest drive in the world, its never caused a > prob. > >Its _always_ been noisy, it didnt just get noisy one day. > > I've got a DDRS-39130D which is putting in sterling service and has done > for the past 3 years. I'm sure I've got some more IBM drives somewhere but > can't really be bothered looking up serial numbers. > We have had issues with IBM drives, the older ones are tip top, either fail in the first 10 minutes, or last for ages, the newer ones that ibm are bundling, are absolutely crap, they now have a warning saying they should not be used for more than 16 hours a day (soemthing like bt's anytime package *ahem*) we have had issues with these drives failing after a few weeks of being hammered 24-7. Of couse the cheaper ibm disks are meant for home/pleasure users who don't use their pc's for much more than an ornament, and hence the cheap price for them i would imagine.
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