In article <H00000660019e588@MHS>, [log in to unmask] says...
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>Jim writes:
>> So, in answer to my question about drive reliablity, I have to say
>> I'm not impressed so far with SeaGate drives.  Two out of three drives
>> failing within 24 hours is a pretty poor showing.
>
>Is there a chance that the original "failure" of the first drive was
>actually the failure of third one which screwed the SCSI bus up badly
>enough that it *looked* like the first drive had failed?

Or could it be you have a bad SCSI card, cable, or terminator, to the point
where it is causing long-term damage to the disk drives themselves...?
>
>G.

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