Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I'd like a moment of silence for what may very well be the only 75GXP ever to die a "normal" death.
He served me faithfully in a RAID0 for more than two years, and expired this evening, after a short but valiant battle between GMR head and disk surface. His undead rattle is tintinnabular, and I know that, though the motor is willing and his platters strong, he will never deliver data again.
As I consign him to a box marked "Attn: RMA#:", I reflect on the transient nature of both life and of data. I give a moment's pause in thanks for the tremendous 75 gigabyte bounty he kept, and also for his twin, his orphan, who is now alone in a RAID array meant for two.
My only solace on this, its final day, is the on-line double-redundant backup I kept of the data this 75GXP stored, in foresight of this moment.
From iron-oxide we are born, and to iron-oxide we shall return. Godspeed, my friend, and may Federal Express carry you gently to your reward.
Amen.
He served me faithfully in a RAID0 for more than two years, and expired this evening, after a short but valiant battle between GMR head and disk surface. His undead rattle is tintinnabular, and I know that, though the motor is willing and his platters strong, he will never deliver data again.
As I consign him to a box marked "Attn: RMA#:", I reflect on the transient nature of both life and of data. I give a moment's pause in thanks for the tremendous 75 gigabyte bounty he kept, and also for his twin, his orphan, who is now alone in a RAID array meant for two.
My only solace on this, its final day, is the on-line double-redundant backup I kept of the data this 75GXP stored, in foresight of this moment.
From iron-oxide we are born, and to iron-oxide we shall return. Godspeed, my friend, and may Federal Express carry you gently to your reward.
Amen.
