[Tig] removable storage disks

[DCSOS]

Just received a our factory repaired G-TECH 500GB Raid 0 enclosed drive
the unit was attached to a G-5 Dual and started to refuse to mount by  
either FIREWIRE 800 or 400
after just 4 months of backup operations. Unfortunately to preserve  
the warrantee we couldn't open the unit
to check and had to 'bite the bullet' allowing them to destroy our  
data in the repair of the unit, so I still don't know the make of the  
drives inside... Don't know for sure what caused the G-TECH to fail,  
but the power preference panel revealed a incorrectly set  
preference---Anyway the tech said that you must check that the APPLE  
COMPUTER
SYSTEM PREFRENCE to 'put the hard drives to sleep whenever possible'  
is NEVER checked!
So any hope of a "GREEN PC" was dashed and now our macintoshes are on  
24/7 like all those PC's that refuse to STANDBY, HIBERNATE or play  
nice with external drives..
Dany,
Editors' Hideaway, NY
>
> The G-raid drives are the most reliable I have ever
> used and the fastest with the Firewire 800 connection.
>  I would stear clear of anything made in china such as
> the lousy lacie drives.  The Glyph drives are also
> professional grade even though they are ostensibly
> made for audio.  G-drives are the best by far.
> Beau Tardy
> Apple Certified Pro
> cell: 917-407-3319
> www.beautardy.com
>
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