[THIN] Re: IBM xSeries 330 and 335 Drives failing

  • From: Danny <nocmonkey@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:51:58 -0500

On 1/26/06, Leon Jaimes <slyride@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> I was just curious if others have had problems with IBM xSeries 330 and 335
> drives failing.  We have 6 of these servers 3 of each and have had to
> replace at least one drive on at least 5 of them.  Has anyone else found
> that these are bad drives?  Does anyone use 3rd party drives in these
> machines that they find to be more reliable?  We are covered under warranty,
> but I would rather just not have to keep replacing them.

Ensure that your firmware and drivers are up-to-date.  IBM are pretty
religious about it.

...D


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