Re: Disk Failure

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure,

  New 820 with 42 8G 10K Drives.  Lost one on about week three then two
the same day a week later.

  Model 720 with mostly 4G drives but 4 8G 10Ks. Lost two in the span of
a week.

  Model 270 with 4 8G 10Ks. Lost one within first two months.

  They're not what I'd call the most reliable drives so far, although
I'm told the 'failed' drives aren't actually bad but once OS/400 decides
they are they must be replaced.

  Current Drive PTFs seem to have slowed the failure rate.

   - Larry

barsa@barsaconsulting.com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My financial system is a model 270 with 6 10,000 RPM 8 GB DASD units.  I
> had my first failure last Tuesday on that system, which was protected by
> RAID-5.  The disk was replaced later on Tuesday.  Today (Monday) I have had
> another unit on that system fail, just six days apart.
> 
> Any similar stories?
> 
> Al
> 
> Al Barsa, Jr.
> Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
> 
> 400>390
> 
> 914-251-1234
> 914-251-9406 fax
> 
> http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> http://www.taatool.com
> 
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