Re: WANTED BIG SCSI DRIVES- route of problem Re: cpio screw up

From: William Meyer (bill_meyerNO_at_SPAMearthlink.net)
Date: 11/11/03 

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:33:05 GMT

oN 09-Nov-03, Paul said:

> Because MTBF is not as important to IDE manufacturers. IDE customers
> tend to be home users, who value cost and density more than
> reliability.

Partially true. The new SATA drives from Seagate, WD, and Maxtor, at
120GB and above, at least, are warranted for 3 years. 

-- 
Bill
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