C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards) (07/10/89)
What kind of experiences have people had with this drive? I've seen some posts
about having to change the interleave but none about reliablilty. A friend of
mine has found a real good deal on this drive but he is hesitent becuase of
all the horror stories about Seagate drives in general. Is this a 'good'
Seagate or a 'bad' one?
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In article <19389@louie.udel.EDU>, C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards) writes: > What kind of experiences have people had with this drive? I've seen some posts > about having to change the interleave but none about reliablilty. A friend of > mine has found a real good deal on this drive but he is hesitent becuase of > all the horror stories about Seagate drives in general. Is this a 'good' > Seagate or a 'bad' one? Usually I'd send something like this via email, but to counter some of the recent Seagate bashing, here's an unbiased review. I've had a ST296N for almost a year now with nary a problem. It runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It only gets power cycled an average of about 2 times a month. It's noisier than a Quantum, but at least it keeps you from hearing the jet engine fan in the 2000 right? Well, actually the drive has a much higher pitched whine so you can still hear both. For people doing a lot of sound stuff or who really care about white noise, a quieter drive could probably be found. It takes up a 5 1/2 " bay & leaves a 3 1/4 " one free. I haven't heard complaints about this particular model (except for lack of speed when the interleave was wrong). I read somewhere that the 296 uses sputtered rather than plated media and that's one reason it doesn't have some of the problems of certain other Seagate models. (No, I'm not going to open it up & check :-) > > Bitnet: C506634@umcvmb.bitnet __________________________ > Internet: C506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu / \.--------. / \ ... -- Hugh D. Gamble (416) 581-4354 (wk), 267-6159 (hm) (Std. Disclaimers) hugh@censor, kink!hugh@censor # It may be true that no man is an island, # but I make a darn good peninsula.
news@crash.cts.com (Usenet News) (07/14/89)
> I've had a ST296N for almost a year now with nary a problem. > It runs 24 hours a day 7 days a week. It only gets power cycled > an average of about 2 times a month. > > hugh@censor, kink!hugh@censor Obviously the reasons this person you quoted hasn't had a problem is because he has niether run his drive past the 1 year period before most units fail and he has also kept the darn thing running 24 hours a day! As everyone so graciously states in thier "Seagate bashing", the drive fails due to normal on/off transitions. By leaving the drive on all the time, the on/off transition isn't nearly as deadly. And since he hasn't hit the 1 year warranty wall yet, his drive is sure not to exhibit any problems. I wonder what this mystery reviewer would have to say now? --Bob _______________________________________________________________________________ UUCP: crash!pro-graphics!bobl | ProLine: bobl@pro-graphics InterNet: crash!bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com | CServe: 70347,2344 ARPA/DDN: crash!pro-graphics!bobl@nosc.mil | AppleLink: Graphics3D _______________________________________________________________________________