From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Apr 14 05:57:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA09590 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 05:57:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from destiny.waverider.co.uk (destiny.waverider.co.uk [194.207.28.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA09581 for ; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 05:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zephania.waverider.net.uk (zephania.waverider.net.uk [194.207.28.99]) by destiny.waverider.co.uk (8.8.2/8.8.2) with SMTP id MAA09066; Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:53:32 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970414134856.00829500@waverider.net.uk> X-Sender: andyc@waverider.net.uk X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:48:57 +0100 To: Maartje van der Heide , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Andy Cowan Subject: Re: Micropolis 3243 7200 rpm in a newsmachine? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 12:04 14/04/97 +0200, Maartje van der Heide wrote: >Now, is this just bad luck, since we had the micropolis harddisks >working for one and half year without a single problem? >The rotational speed is 7200 rpm, is it too much for a newsmachine >(will it heat up too much) ? Or will there be no problem when I >buy a separate box to hold (and cool) the disks? > We had three of the Microps fail with 12 months of having them (in our newsserver). Same symptoms, grinding noise, suspected failed bearings. Microp took them back without a fuss, implying to me that the problem was known. Switched to Conners, haven't had any problem since :-) Andy Andy Cowan Tel: 01564 795888 Technical Director Fax: 01564 795177 Wave Rider Internet plc http://www.waverider.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------