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From: "David Irvine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [scottish] Fwd: CHEAPEST DRIVES IN THE WORLD! - and
XEONPROCESSORS


> [snip]
>
> 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

heh sounds like the 120GXPs ... I have a 60GXP 60 gig thing in my debian
server doing sterling service - much better than the fujitsu crap I've been
using recently :(

> (soemthing like bt's
> anytime package *ahem*)

isn't that just stupid ISPs who haven't done proper capacity planning (step
forward PlusNet) ... ?

> 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.

the thing is, who would buy a 30/40/60/80/120 gig hard drive and then not
use it?!  It's pure anathema ... disks were meant to be filled!!

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