[SunRescue] Re: Hard drive manufacturers

[apotter at icsa.net]

james at foonly.com said:
> Don't get me wrong, they're OK, just far from perfect.  I've had
> particularly 
> bad luck with an older lot of 350 meggers.  Four of four failed.
> Warranty 
> seems to be universally 1 year, while others go as long as 5.

> Out of curiousity, were these the 3.5" HH model 0661 drives?

Close....  0663s IIRC.


> If so I'm hardly surprised.  IBM and WD were in bed for a long time,
> this was one of their early collaborations.  They still share much in
> the way of drive controller electronics.

> The 0661 had a rather spectacular failure mode best described as
> sounding like a ball bearing being dropped on a glass coffee table, in
> front of a PA microphone.

That's definitely the sound.....


See, I knew I wasn't the only one.......



AL