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From: bentrup@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: ST225 outburst
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Date: 21 Nov 88 20:59:00 GMT
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RE Seagate drives
/* Nov 17, 1988 by mhlevy@sbee.sunysb.edu */
>I keep seeing how bad the 225's are.  What about the 4096?  

We have 3 4096s: 6mo, 1yr and 2yrs old.  Each has a 50MB partition used to
store a/d samples and the rest is for our development programs etc.  The 
2yr old model is erased and filled every day.  Our programs access the data
about 3 more times before it's stored to tape.  I had to
reformat it twice (3mo and 7mo ago).  Just a couple of 'new' bad spots.
Other than that OK.  The 1yr old disk is erased and filled 3-5 times a week
and has many (>20 full runs against the data / day)
and we haven't had any problems with it.  The 6mo old disk is erased and
filled only about once a week but has plenty of files moving about in the
other partition.  I'd say they get a fairly vigorous work out each day and
we're quite please with them.  No affiliation with Seagate.

john 

John Bentrup
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Computer Science

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