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>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 15:11:14 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum     <[log in to unmask]>
>From: "Daniel E. Meyers" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5972 San Cube

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Hi Daniel.

We were one of the first people to get a San Cube and it was a mixed 
bag of elation and grief for us. We had ordered two of the San Cubes, 
and within three months of using them, the backplanes had fried. We 
FedEx-ed them back to California and MicroNet promptly replaced the 
backplanes and sent the cubes back to us, but now if they go out 
again, there won't be any place for us to take the cubes to be fixed. 
As of now, we are still using the San Cubes we purchased, but backing 
them up on an hourly basis as students store stuff. We don't want to 
be in a position where if the things go out again that the data saved 
to the cubes will be lost forever.

To be honest, I found it cheaper to buy three 80GB IDE internal hard 
drives to install inside my computer that it was to have the San 
Cube. Drive prices are so low and any reasonable Raid software could 
unite the drives together for whatever purpose.

Hope this gives you some ideas...

Dan.

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