Hi Steve et al,
I have several 7937 (HP internal codename Eagle) drives connected to an
HP3000 with 2 still working, 1 dead, 1 limping along. My CE told me that
these drives don't like to be turned off for 'extended' periods of time
as the lubricant for the drive bearings tends to loose its
effectiveness. His advice was to keep em turned on and spun up all the
time - use it or lose it approach.
HP is pulling the plug this year on the last OS release to support
Eagles, so they should start appearing in greater (and cheaper) numbers.
I have one customer who bought a truckload for their HP 3000 Series 70
(circa mid-80s) and just toss the drive and wheel in a "good" one when
they have a hardware problem, cheaper than HW support from HP.
Regards,
Lee Courtney
President
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Received on Wed Jun 09 1999 - 12:47:22 BST