From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tejun Heo Subject: Re: Port Multiplier access with Sil 3124 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:09:26 +0900 Message-ID: <49923356.6050405@kernel.org> References: <498F42B6.8030607@tlinx.org> <87f94c370902090635h2fc3e604n990bdd70be9c48cd@mail.gmail.com> <4990AC91.8010104@tlinx.org> <87f94c370902091501h96ecb8dp7acac1fa80a82d8a@mail.gmail.com> <4990C70E.1010707@garzik.org> <4990D349.4050408@tlinx.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:51678 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754698AbZBKCJm (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:09:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4990D349.4050408@tlinx.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Linda Walsh Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik Linda Walsh wrote: > I also had a triple Seagate drive failure within 2 months, > two of them within a week -- and I did lose *backups* of my primary > drives! My test disks go through a lot of unusual workloads which often include frequent emergency head unloads with immediately following spin up and Seagate has been the sturdiest for quite some time now. It's sad to hear that they're degressing. :-( -- tejun