[plug] [OT] Quantum Fireball 6.2gig stability question

[Peter Tran]

I've got a few clients with Quantum hard disks slaving away day in and
day out. No problems yet *touches wood* , i never had a real problem
with the drives myself. Only ever had to return on and that was due to a
separate problem.. not the hard disk itself.

 
On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 17:30, Tim Bowden wrote:
> I was going to purchase a quantum hdd about early '99 (I think) and I 
> was told not to by one or two resellers.  I think from memory they had a 
> few too many coming back to them.  Still, if it has lasted this long, 
> maybe yours is ok.
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> HTH,
> Tim Bowden
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> Chris Caston wrote:
> > I'm using one of these on my Debian system and have recently heard from
> > some people that these have a tendency to to break after a few years. I
> > bought this in 1999 and I've never had a problem but I'm wondering if I
> > should start using another drive.
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> > I backup my home directory at least once a week to cdr but I'd still
> > appreciate being able to avoid any downtime / data loss.
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> > regards,
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> > Chris Caston
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