Monday, May 25, 2015

U10, Deskstar 180GXP, and DiamondMax Plus 8

These three hard drives have bitten the dust. I have found a replacement for the 180GXP, but the other two I must keep searching for.

Seagate U10 (ST310212A):





Hitachi GST Deskstar 180GXP (IC35L120AVV207-0):




Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 (6E040L0):

Friday, May 22, 2015

Testing the Quantum Bigfoot...



92

92 hard drives in total. Maxtor 6E040L0, and Seagate ST310212A have recently failed.
All hard drives are wiped clean and put through tests with HD Tune.
Together, all drives total in capacity of about 9.4TB.






PCB board of the Seagate U10:

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Quantum / Digital Equipment Corporation (RZ28-E)

Brand: Quantum / Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Series: n/a
Model: RZ28-E
Size: 2.1 gB
Interface: SCSI (50 Pin)
MFG Date: 1994
Spindle RPM: 5,403
Firmware: 441C
Serial #: ?
Status: OK - Passes surface test
Other info: Came out of a Digital VAX server.