[plug] New box :p)

[Ben Jensz]

ryan at is.as.geeky.as wrote:

>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.
>  
>

Damn.. and I thought I was having bad luck.

I'm actually surprised that more of ours haven't died yet, considering 
they aren't all in offices that are well air conditioned and that quite 
a few people around here were born in tents (i.e. can't close the door 
after themselves properly - especially in the weather we've been having 
lately - being in Broome).  Three year warranty on the entire PCs though.

Its actually handy to know about the IBM SCSI drives and HP using them 
as well, because I'm looking at getting either a couple of new IBM or HP 
servers here soon.  I was already thinking of buying the full machine(s) 
minus hard disks and buying something like Seagates for them separately.

Whilst we are on the topic, does anyone have any suggestions in terms of 
SCSI hard disks at the moment, which ones are currently reliable?

I've had previous success with Quantums and Seagates, but things change 
(like IBMs actually being good previously).


/ Ben