Re: [SLE] 250+GB drives reliability

From: Synthetic Cartoonz (synthetoonz_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 11/16/04

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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:50:34 -0500

    On Tuesday 16 November 2004 01:24, Jerry Westrick wrote:
    > On Tuesday 16 November 2004 01:05, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
    [snip]
    > > I'm kinda getting the feeling you guys aren't really too chuffed about
    > > the way these drives last. I wonder if that is why they are so , um...
    > > inexpensive at lest when compared to the price of the largest available
    > > scsi drives. SO I wonder about getting a USB or Firewire one for
    > > backups perhaps or to carry a clone from box to box...
    [snip]
    > > Still, is the general consensus that these huge drives aren't really
    > > reliable for longer than say 1.6 years? and by two full years of
    > > service one could expect a failure?
    [snip]
    > I find the drives run very very hot. (I've actually burned my finger
    > touching one!). I insist on putting a fan on each one. The temperatures
    > sink dramatically (cool when touched, notice my empirical methods here?).

    > I think this helps but... It's not been 3 years yet... So I really can't
    > say. What I can say is this with 10 or so drives, and in over 1.5 years,
    > I've yet to loose one with a fan on it.

    What brand/models/capacities do you run? 

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