dlo@idacom.cs.ubc.ca (Dennis Lo) (09/20/89)
Does anyone know what the difference is between the new Seagate ST-225 drives (with the green LED) and the old ones (with the red LED) ? I've got one of the green ones and am wondering how much life I can expect from it. There have been many ST-225 horror stories posted in the past, and I'm wondering if anyone had any bad experiences with the newer versions. Please e-mail me if you can, and I'll post a summary. --- Dennis Lo dlo@idacom.cs.ubc.ca or dlo@ubc-idacom.cs.ubc.ca
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (09/21/89)
In article <5017@ubc-cs.UUCP>, dlo@idacom.cs.ubc.ca (Dennis Lo) writes: | I've got one of the green ones and am wondering how much life I can | expect from it. Published MTBF is 100000 hours. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon
toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) (09/22/89)
In article <426@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >In article <5017@ubc-cs.UUCP>, dlo@idacom.cs.ubc.ca (Dennis Lo) writes: >| I've got one of the green ones and am wondering how much life I can >| expect from it. >Published MTBF is 100000 hours. Are you sure? That works out to 11.4 years of 24 hour/day operation, or 50 years of normal business days! You probably mean 10,000 hours, for a five year life. Tom Almy toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com Standard Disclaimers Apply
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (09/23/89)
In article <5979@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>, toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes: | In article <426@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: | | >Published MTBF is 100000 hours. | | Are you sure? That works out to 11.4 years of 24 hour/day operation, or | 50 years of normal business days! You probably mean 10,000 hours, for a five | year life. Seagate mentioned that the MTBF on the new model went from 50000 to 100000 hours, and the 4096 series from 40000 to 50000 hours. I have no way of verifying that the figures from Seagate are correct, but the figures I quoted are indeed the ones which Seagate provided. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon