[SunRescue] Re: expensive paperweights

[Dave Reader]

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Matthew Haas wrote:

> On Wed, 30 May 2001, Dan Debertin wrote:
> >
> > http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=205-4108
> >
> > $25 for 9GB ... I just bought two and am taking an opportunity to get to
> > know DiskSuite. They are remarkably quiet, but very hot.
> >
> >
> 
>  I've also seen these drives going fairly inexpensively, and was
> considering purchasing one for use in a PC (external case)... aside from
> running hot, would one want to trust a drive like this?

They run cooler than modern 3.5" drives. Modern 3.5" drives /require/
forced-air cooling.

>  For a server I probably wouldn't care as much... but for a personal
> computer (and potential college computer), I don't want things to go awry
> a couple months into the semester.

IME good quality 5.25" drives easily out-last 3.5" drives.

YMMV etc. - and whatever you use you should be backing up.

d.