Re: 820 DASD crashes

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Would these be the same drives that are supposedly much more reliable than
their PC counterparts, and therefore well worth the 10x price premium?

Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)


John Taylor
Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Damato" <jdamato@dollargeneral.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 08:19
Subject: RE: 820 DASD crashes


> We had a specific model of fairly new drives fail on an RS/6000 H70 at an
> alarming rate.  As things got worse we found it difficult to get
> replacements because the drives had been called back to the factory.
>
> I guess it really depends on who designed and built the drives (or the
> comet).
>
> -Jim
>
> James Damato
> Manager - Technical Administration
> Dollar General Corporation
> <mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>
>


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