[clue-tech] Cheap Dell server box

[F.L. Whiteley]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: clue-tech-bounces at clue.denver.co.us
> [mailto:clue-tech-bounces at clue.denver.co.us]On Behalf Of Greg Knaddison
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 4:02 PM
> To: clue tech
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Cheap Dell server box
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:13:04 -0700, Richard Knechtel
> <rknechte at starband.net> wrote:
> >
> > EWW! As soon as I saw the word SATA, that was enough for me. I
> wouldn't go
> > -NEAR- SATA! Especially one used by Dell!
> >
> > Why? Lets see, one guy I work with has gone through 3 of them -
> burned up.
> > He even had to have is case open with an osolating fan blowing into the
> > case. Yes this was on a Dell PC even.  We just had another guy
> on Thursday
> > had his SATA drive fail/die/crash this was in a Dell PC that
> was less than
> > 6 months old. In a development environment you can' afford to
> > be  rebuilding your system constantly because of drive failures.
> >
> >  From my experience with SATA - it BLOWS!
> >
> > I'll take EIDE or SCSI any day. Take the old tried and true!
> >
>
> I've had good experiences with 3 Dell SATA systems (one at home, 2 at
> work, various vintages over the past ~year).  Other lists that I'm on
> recommend SATA regularly.
>
> This seems like some bad experience that you've had and not
> necessarily a uniform rule.
>
> Greg
> _______________________________________________
Haven't seen too many on customer machines yet, but know of two failures
within six months of new.  One for sure was 160GB.  Both Dells.  Replaced
under warranty.

Frank