[plug] New box :p)

[ryan at is.as.geeky.as]

> You probably don't want to be hearing this.... but it takes me both
> hands to count how many IBM IDE hard disks I've had die in the last 3
> months across about 30 computers with them in them.  And not all the
> same model either.  These all being hard disks no older than 12 months
old.


HP use OEM IBM IDE disks (in our machines anyway), every single one in every
single HP machine has died.  They replace them with non IBM/HP drives now.

Ditto for IBM SCSI (100% failure so far).  If you make a point of keeping
them *WELL* below normal operating temperature (think freezer), they seem to
last a *bit* longer.

I'd crack out a bucket full of fans and even peltiers if it were me :)

All personal experience of course, YMMV.

Ryan