RE: Hard disk longevity

I recently replaced an F35 that had been in service since 1992 with no 
downtime other than to add a couple of drives, and a couple of power 
failures. McDonald's corporate has a little E model doing the same kind of 
thing as Emilio's example; just running along as a comm gateway between 
the mainframe and the distribution centers. Nobody ever touches it.


Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
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pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx

"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of 
others are often stiffened." ~~ Billy Graham




Emilio Padilla - Sistemática Intl. <EPADILLA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I know about a B10 running since 1989, no disk crashes yet, it has v3r2
installed and is not used much (is used as a communication gateway for 
some
atm, btw that's why the system is never down) but, since the system is on,
the disks are spinning.  Those where the good old disks. :)

Somebody told me once that not stopping the disks give them more lifespan. 


EAPT
Informatica Corporativa

-----Original Message-----
From: James W. Kilgore [mailto:email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:16 AM
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Subject: Re: Hard disk longevity

We've had two running since 1996 and just had our first crash this past 
month.



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