And we had to shovel a path too! On 6/27/07, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
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