Re: Quantum Hard Drives

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From: mul... Richard Shetron
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 00:00

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In article <3573d786...@news.metronet.co.uk>,
Tech Support <tech...@metronet.co.uk> wrote:
>Indeed they are crap!

Quantum makes several different models of differening quality.  We tried
2 fireball drives over a year ago and both died very young.  The fireball
appear to be designed for light consumer usage.

On the other hand, we use the quantum atlas-II in our news server and
have not had a failure.  Some of the drives have been in use for close to
3 years.  There is a DEC DSP6310 (quantum bought the DEC drive division
in 95?), that we bought around the end of 94 that has been running as
a news drive from the start.  These drives have been about the longest
lasting drives we've had for this type of duty.

I just bought a couple viking? models to try as boot drives on the news
server (as well as make the machine entirely fast wide.

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From: mul...@wizvax.wizvax.net (Richard Shetron)
Subject: Re: Quantum Hard Drives
Date: 1998/06/04
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