[geeks] disk advice

Geoff Reed geoffr at zipcon.net
Thu Feb 21 15:04:40 CST 2002


At 08:05 AM 2/20/02 -0800, you wrote:

>I just swapped out my IBM 45M 75GXP-series for a 5400 RPM Maxtor 80G.
>I'm quite happy - it's a bit slower, but I bet it'll last longer. (The 
>75GXP drives, especially the 30M and 45M, have a really high failure 
>rate.  REALLY high.)


as do the 75 gig models :(  ~ 1 year MTBF so far :(:(



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