[geeks] Commiserate with me ... this sucks.

[Eric Dittman]

> > Is this also true of their UltraStar SCSI drives? I've always wondered.
> 
> IBM UltraStars are terrific hardware.  They're faster than greased
> anything and are generally really reliable.  They, however, do NOT take
> lightly to marginal SCSI buses and WILL tell you to piss off if it isn't
> up to spec.
> 
> Also, to IBM's credit, the DeskStars prior to the 75GXT series were
> bulletproof.  I have some that haven't stopped spinning in 3 or 4 years
> for more than a total of about 2 weeks and they still Just Work.

I've seen two failed IBM laptop drives recently (one mine, the other
is from a coworker's laptop).  These are fairly new drives, but OEM
so the warranty is through the vendor (Toshiba and HP).
-- 
Eric Dittman
dittman at dittman.net