Simon,

We have a lot of SUN machines here. (SF880, 480, 280, SB1000, SB2000). Sun Support recommended us to upgrade the firmware of all SEAGATE disks fc of 36GB and 72GB, because an Sun internal technote notice that due to an electrostatic problem, a disk could lose his label, so crash...

They recommend us to upgrade the firmware of all Seagate fc disks with the following reference :

ST 373405fc 72GB ST 336605fc 36GB

May be you could contact Seagate for more informations.

Hope this information could help you to solve your issue.

Regards Eric VIANO

-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Finn [mailto:DFinn@studentadvantage.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 6:07 PM To: 'Clawson, Simon'; 'toasters@mathworks.com' Subject: RE: Seagate Cheetah 36Gb disk failures

I think I remember hearing that you have the most disk failures at the beginning of the disks life.

-----Original Message----- From: Clawson, Simon [mailto:simon_clawson@mentorg.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:36 AM To: 'toasters@mathworks.com' Subject: Seagate Cheetah 36Gb disk failures

Hi,

I have had to replace two of our 36Gb Seagate Cheetah disks in the last 3 months. This is on a shelf that's just over a year old. Has anyone else noticed these disks fail regularly?

Simon

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