> Nothing like discovering that your main corporate server hard > drive is a time bomb waiting to detonate. Or the drive in your TV station > production / automation system, your desktop PC, or even in that > external USB or firewire box that has all your family photos > and the 100gb of MP3s... Or all the episodes of Lucy you have > on your TiVo.
There are two kinds of people on earth: people who lost data, or people who are about to loose data. Even if your disk isn't listed on bulletins like this, people who depend on disks so badly, and *have not made backup plans*, IMHO, deserve to run into all the trouble they get. Your plans should include being able to get back up with replacement equipment and just your (off-site) backup images in, say, 12 hours or so, if your data is that critical. We did have a fire in the new computer room of one of our customers, and were able to supply *completely configured* equipment in less than a day, when the original equipment still had water seeping out of it. Waiting for manufacturers to come with these reports (and blaming them if your single, critical disk died w/o giving you 6-months notice) is just plain stupid. Geert Jan
