[mod.computers.vax] Second try to post Eagle II debate

lotto%lhasa@HUCSC.HARVARD.EDU.UUCP (01/31/87)

 
>> also: of about 8 super eagles here at the U of U, most, if not all have
>> come DOA or died with 1-3 months....eagles have been perfect.... Fujitsu has
 
>HDA's replaced within 3 months.  Of the replaced HDA's, two have died
>already.  This makes 5 catastrophic failures out of 8 HDA's.  Deaths seem
 
We also have had many problems. Two out of three died fairly fast.
The third worked just fine. The latest combination of a rev D0 or
greater HDA and the Emulex QD-32 prom v2.2 or greater seems to have
solved the problem. Are any of the crashed drives out there of a D0
vintage? What controllers were being used? I think we had best try
to collect some statistics, these beasties are expensive!
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