Basically im only allowed to use my Hard drive 10hours aday!

So i want a program written that will tell me when my quota is up!


I havent the fainest idea how id write this!or what language!

cheers

Si

 

get a clock, if you have trouble setting the time just post on here

 

If everyone else is going to be a **** im sure ill figure it out

si

 

1.Why !!!!

2. try www.shareware.com for timers

3. **** ?

Dave

 

Si,

thought you were a java expert!!! do it in that! O that ASP tutorial is downloadble now www.landerconsultants.com/articles.htm

Gary

 

God you are a muppet!!!!!!

That approx 10 hours a day thing is worked out against IBM recommended monthly hour usage of 333 hours with the 120 GXP drives.
They have stated this in order to cover their @rses after the fiasco with the high failure rate of the 75GXP series drives.
The high failure rate pointed in many of the cases to excess heat output which toasted a lot of them nicely.

The heat output from the 120GXP series is fairly lower, but when in doubt, at least fit it into a 5 1/4 bay using an adaptor. That way it has more room to breath.

I told you that if you were planning on staying online 24/7, then it might be a good idea to get a close performer like the 740 series (non fluid bearing type)drives from maxtor. These come highly recommended for cheap server use etc, due to the fact that run nice and cool, well at least for hard drives.

You keep asking people for help/advice, but do you ever actually take it in when they do????

 

cheers gary.


Sorry for wanting to practise my programming.....

 

thats a load of bollox, is your hard drive spinning now while you are lookin at this webpage, are the heads moving? didnt think so, what a crock of crap from IBM

 

My desktop PC at work has an IBM HD, can't remember which series tho. Never get's turned off - usually get 30 days between reboots and it runs THINK 24/7 on one CPU.

Flawless for 18 months, although that could be down to the quality of the builder

 

why only 10 hours a day? sounds strange to me?

 

Si, remember you asked me to point out one easy thing you'd asked about?

Well, here you go. What a dumb question.

 

"If everyone else is going to be a **** im sure ill figure it out"

1. " a ****" listen thicko, you're the one posting on here with questions a retard gerbil would not pester people with. dont expect to do that and not get the pi55 taken.

2. "i'll figure it out" yeah right!

T

 

I seem to remember IBM going back on the hours a day warranty issue for these drives as they were getting bad press?

 

LMAO@Tiggs!

Cheers,

Nick

 

LMFAO.

 

You would need something to be running at a VERY low level to measure actual HDD activity (heads moving, platter spinning)

The 10 hours thing is just IBM covering their *****. My PC is on for days on end and one HDD has so far lasted 18 months and the last one failed after 3 yrs, which has just been replaced.

If you are that worried about the reliability of our HDD then send it back and get another one (Maxtor as advised above for the running temperature reason).

Dave

 

Dom, it would appear that you are spot on mate!

I have just looked at the datasheets from IBM and they have actually altered them too now, within the last couple of weeks since I last lookedat them. I can no longer find the 333 hours recommended monthly usage thing

I dug this out from the web:

"BIG BLUE HAS WRITTEN to the INQUIRER and said the 120GXP "can and does" run 24 hours a day by seven days a week.
A representative for IBM's storage technology division wrote to the INQUIRER:

"I'm disappointed that you did not incorporate IBM's official position on this issue in your story. No one through any of my channels informed me of your inquiry, as I would've certainly responded.

"I want to put to rest any concerns you have on whether the Deskstar 120GXP can run 24x7; it can and it has.

"Our "power-on hour" specification represents typical desktop PC usage. It is not an indication of the maximum number of power-on hours. Our customers have clearly used the drive in 24x7 operations successfully. Furthermore, IBM stands by the Deskstar 120GXP's 3-year warranty irrespective of power-on usage.

"You should also know that the StorageReview.com article contains inaccurate information that does not reflect IBM's official position. IBM has been in touch with StorageReview.com on our position, and SR has posted a retraction.

"Finally, I did want to clarify that this issue has nothing to do with Pixie Dust as suggested in your article. The 120GXP does use antiferromagnetically-coupled media, known affectionately at IBM as Pixie Dust.

"I would like to request that you alter theinquirer.net story to reflect IBM's official position, so that customers are not unnecessarily alarmed over mere rumors being spread on the Internet. Please let me know if you have any additional questions regarding this issue."


Cool.

I have to say that I run 2 of these fellows together striped in 5 1/4 bays and they run at a pretty good stable temperature anyway.

At least the lawsuit that 75gxp customers took out against IBM seems to have humbled them a bit over this usage thing.....

Si, you can shut up now and go and teach yourself something

Cheers,

Nick

 

Strikes me that all that was totally obviously, and common sense. No manufacturer would design a hard drive that was only reliable if used for 10 hours a day - it would be stupid, and commercially suicidal.

It also strikes me that only a complete f*ckwitt would take the 10-hour thing as gospel and then try to find a way to limit his usage of the hard drive to such an obviously dumb time-frame.

<shakes head>

 

I did tell him.......

 

One of the PC PRO help columns had this in either the July or August issue ~ what a load of tosh! You'd've thought in this day & age...

I'm currently using some SCSI HDDs that are at least 7 years old & they've been running virtually 24/7 for all that time It's a bugger trying to keep data low when you only have 2.1Gbs though

 

Another Classic Super_Si thread....

 

did someone ask for a retarded hamster? i have some avalible, slight mole damage only.

Sti

 

Get stuffed.

I thought you were dead?

 

in theory i am dead.....however, every so often a force of much retarded magnitude will call to me from here and like a cyber vampire i will rise from the dead and visit the threads of those who are most stupid!

 

**** this,thought corsa site was **** 17yr old *******, older you get bigger ***** you get

Obviously its full of IT **** driving ****ing **** impreza

**** you all, last time ill be use's this board

 

Wow!

That's the BIG teddy going out the pram

However, I would lay odds that is not the last post from our Simon

 

Stopping at (my view) post 1349

Any increase in that number & I win

 

What a beautifully structured piece of eloquent prose, Si.

No, it's full of people who try to use their brains before asking dumb questions.

So that means no more dumb questions? Excellent. But if you do come back, any chance you could learn where the punctuation and shift keys are before you start to post again?

Can I put a fiver on the number of posts increasing then, Puff?


[Edited by MarkO - 8/30/2002 1:16:50 PM]

 

You nasty people, not look what you've done......there will be no one to poke fun at now.....




Jeff

[Edited by Jeff Wiltshire - 8/30/2002 1:33:58 PM]

 

ok, can people STOP emailing me their thanks, its getting embarrasing.

sti

ps- super si, if you are still there (i assume you must be as i dont recall any of your posts ever asking how to turn your PC off) please note that i am an essex bricklayer and know nothing about IT, however i know nothing about rocket ships either but if someone asked if they fly underwater i could spot a stupid question.