I do not know the number, but maybe the EAGLES you got were in danger of
extinction and require special care.
 
Sorry, could not resist. :-)
 
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>From: Doug
>To: lopezrod; Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L
>Subject: LIFE EXPECTANCY OF AN EAGLE
>Date: Thu, Mar 30, 1995 2:22PM
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>Does anyone know the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) for
>Eagle(7937) drives. I lost a system drive Feb 18 and lost another one
>last tuesday. A year ago I lost two on the same day. I have nine
>Eagles and three old 7933s that just keep shaking along without any
>problems. I don't if I should feel good or bad about being able
>to install and reinit the system with a single reference to the System
>Manager books. (It is a warm feeling to recover from a crash during
>production without losing any data).
>