"David P. Greenberg" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 04 Oct 1999, Civileme wrote:
>
> > Maxtors I heard someone else mention. I have had two drop dead on me, one
> > with thermal shutdowns for no good reason, and the other with bearings
> > eating the spindle.
> > Quantum Bigfoot Drives--three KO from powering down unpredictably (the
> > drive, not the computer or the power source), one with logic card woes.
> > That was 4 out of 4, BTW. I should have mentioned them, but they are not
> > in the category of "problem for implementing linux" They are in the
> > category of "buying this qualifies you as *non compos mentis*" :-} (And I
> > bought 4 of them to pay for my education).
> >
> > Civileme
>
> --I have had absolutely NO reliability problems with either Quantum-
> Bigfoot or Maxtor Drives. I've used several of each in installations
> including my own pooter, with out a single glitch. Not to be agumentitive,
> just my own experience. I'll also be the last one to ever say, there's no
> such thing as a lemon!
David and I must buy from the same place because my Maxtor and Quantum
drives have been extremely reliable for me also. Maybe it's something
to do with the fact that this machine is rarely spun down?
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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