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Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Fuji Super Eagle Problems
Message-ID: <268@fathom.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Feb-87 15:38:20 EST
Article-I.D.: fathom.268
Posted: Mon Feb 16 15:38:20 1987
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References: <493@savax.UUCP> <735@godot.UUCP>
Organization: Scripps Institute of Oceanography, San Diego, Ca.
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Keywords: Disk failures
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Summary: SI and Emulex agree

In article <735@godot.UUCP>, sherouse@godot.UUCP (George W. Sherouse) writes:
> 
> As previously reported in this forum our two SI9761 drives both blew
> out - one at 4 months and the other at ~9 months.  For both the
> failure mode was as has been widely reported - a practically geometric
> increase in bad block count over a few days, appearing to afflict only
> recently written blocks.  The fix was to replace the HDAs.  We
> subscribed to the myth that we were seeing a fault in some early rev
> of the drives.
> 
> This weekend the myth and one of our *replacement* HDAs failed.  This
> HDA was replaced less than a month ago.  Our replacement is en route
> from California.  This makes three in less than a year.
> 
Both SI and Emulex recently submitted quotes on a 4-drive system for
two microVAX's using Super-Eagles.  Two weeks ago, both companies pulled
their quotes and removed the Super Eagles from the quotes.  SI hinted
that it would no longer sell Super Eagles in the near future; Emulex
quoted a high mucky-muck memo that told sales reps not to offer Super Eagles.
 

SI suggested using their new 9744, an 8inch drive with Eagle capacity
(also made by Fujitsu) and higher transfer rates; Emulex suggested staying
with the Eagles...