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From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Subject: Re: reliable HDD brand 
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> On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:31:06AM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> Hello,
> > >> 
> > >> I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD brand is more
> > >> reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we have chosen
> > >> IBM Ericsson.
> > >> 
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Alex
> > >
> > >I think HP disks are generally reckoned to be the top-notch, but they
> > >come at a premium.
> > 
> > Umm.  HP doesn't even make disks anymore.  Instead they rebrand
> > Fujitsu, IBM, or Seagate drives.
> > 
> > --
> > Justin
> Oh ok.
> Well they used to have a reasonably well founded reputation for
> super reliability (and price).
> Sorry if my information is out of date.

Right up until they had a serious, serious problem with their SCSI
drives.  We replaced these things by the dozens 5 or 6 years ago.
Twice.  Then I guess they decided they really didn't want to be in
the disk business any longer, and that was that.

louie

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