On 18/01/12 14:35, Matt Doidge wrote:
> Hello all,
> As time goes on we're left with kit that's out of warranty, but still
> has a good year or two of useful life in it. Their operational lifetime
> will be enhanced if we got a few spare parts, mainly HDD.
QMUL has some 250GB SATA disks that used to be in storage servers which
were upgraded to 750GB drives. I don't suppose these would be suitable
would they?
> Does anyone
> have any recommended suppliers for such parts, particularly
> "Enterprise"-quality HDD. And whilst I'm on the subject, what are
> people's opinions on whether or not the "Enterprise" label on a HDD is
> worth it?
>
I think we get Enterprise ones to avoid any issues if they do fail and
we want them replaced.
Chris
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