Tim wrote:
> I do not have any personal experience but I've read that regular 
> consumer quality hard drives (vs. enterprise class 24x7 rated drives) 
> can be fairly unreliable if they are not turned on and run frequently. 
>   The reports are that the bearings and other mechanical components 
> are more prone to sticking, etc. in the lesser quality drives. Has 
> anyone experienced a problem with this after you've pulled a drive off 
> the shelf after 6 months or a year?
> 
> Tim

Interesting, because I have only seen this in your "enterprise" class 
product. Got a stack of 6Gig IBM SCSI out of servers, once removed from 
service if you want them to spin up ya gotta give em a slap.
:(
Dave
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