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Unread 04-19-2007, 08:52 PM   #1
JELo
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Default 5400rpm vs 7200rpm issue?

Call me crazy, but in my dealings with the lower range "thousand" series Snap Servers, I have come across 1000 and 2000 series Snap Servers that ran well with their original smaller 5400rpm drives (Maxtor and Quantum). However, when upgraded to larger 7200rpm drives (Seagate and Western Digital) would occasionally 'hang' during large or extended data transfer sessions (rapidly flashing System light, Link light on, Net and Disk lights off) - with no error codes logged. These upgrade 7200rpm drives when moved to 1100 and 2200 series Snaps (and rebuilt) worked with no problems. Now, I only ran 3.4.805 on the 1000 and 2000 series units where I ran 4.0.860 on the 1100 and 2200 series units and, of course, there may be a thermal component to the equation as the 7200rpm drives tend to run hotter. It makes me wonder if there isn't some sort of timing or other issue when using the faster 7200rpm drives with the older 1000 and 2000 series Snaps? Any comments? JELo
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