Uphill in both directions through the snow! --- Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Of course, that was like a 5MB drive made of about > ten platters, > each something like 10-12" across. Sprinkle some > iron filings on the > platter and you could almost read the bits with the > naked eye.<< > > Yeah, that's how we used to read 'em in the old > days! > I thought it was a pizza oven the first time I > encountered one. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On 6/25/07, Doug Franklin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > graywolf wrote: > > > > > Still I am interested in how often folks here > have experienced > > > hard-drive failure, and with which type of drive > (IDE, SATA, > > > SCSI, other), and anyone else's experience with > RAID systems. > > > > I've experienced nearly every type of failure on > every brand and type of > > "hard disk" that's existed since some time in the > 1970s. Anything will > > fall over if you push on it hard enough. > > > > I was a co-op student for IBM when PC AT (or was > it PC XT) 5.25" 10MB or > > 20MB drives were dropping like flies ... literally > by the train-car > > load. IIRC, the DOA rate was on the order of > 20-30% and the "dead after > > a month" rate was twice that. It was so bad that > our divisional > > director rammed through "blue labeling" of a > different manufacturer's > > drive just for our division's customers. Did the > same thing with > > Novell's NetWare when LAN Man was such a joke (ca. > 1984). > > > > Had some pretty funny, nearly serious > non-failures, too. Like the day I > > accidentally spilled a fresh six-ounce cup of > coffee, one cream, two > > sugars, into an open spindle drive. I was > cleaning sticky goo out of > > the housing for weeks, but the platters and > mechanicals never skipped a > > beat. Of course, that was like a 5MB drive made > of about ten platters, > > each something like 10-12" across. Sprinkle some > iron filings on the > > platter and you could almost read the bits with > the naked eye. > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
