8 May
2005
8 May
'05
12:17 p.m.
Allison wrote:
Notable really bad drives.
[snip list of dog drives]
In my experience, the winner is the 4.3 gig 5-1/4" form-factor
Quantum Bigfoot IDE drive -- slow as molasses, 50%+ failure rate
straight out of the box, and creeping crud resulting in data loss
and ultimate untimely death in the few which actually would
hold up long enough to withstand partitioning and formatting.
I agree with you on the ST225 -- I've got around a dozen
of them in and out of various systems and they are very reliable
IF there is adequate ventilation. Those suckers run a little
on the warm side, so if they're in a crowded environment the
platters expand and contract . . .
Glen
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