RE: Hard disk longevity

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken:
They are probably 6606 drives.
We had an old E04 model we bought in 1991 or 92.  The first year the drive
failed, we replaced it with another and it ran everyday until last summer
when we gave the box away.  So, I guess the answer is, you never know when
the disk drive grim reaper is going to show up.  RAID and a good back up are
your best bet.
cjg

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-----Original Message-----
From: Shields, Ken [mailto:kenshields@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 9:10 AM
To: Midrange Mailing LIst
Subject: Hard disk longevity


        Hello group...
                I have a number of AS436 machines in our branches, that have
been out there running since 1998, that's
                about six years now.
                I'm not exactly sute what the device numver is foe the 2GB
drives in these boxes, but does anyone in the group
                now what the life expectancy is for these hard drives. Sorry
I can't be more specific about the drive type.
                
                One crashed last year, and we spent almost a week to re-coup
it.

Ken Shields