amazon.com - 1/14/2009
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I and many others have been experiencing serious problems with these drives including: * dropping out of RAID configurations for no apparent reason * being ejected from a RAID configuration due to read / write errors * freezing for up to 30 seconds These problems have been reported on Linux, ...
seagate.custkb.com - 1/17/2009
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theregister.co.uk - 1/19/2009
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After reports that its 1TB Barracuda drives are
failing at an unusually high rate, Seagate says it
has isolated a "potential firmware issue" that would seem to be the cause of this worldwide plague. The company will provide a free firmware upgrade for ...
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Seagate selling 1.5TB Drive for $129
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
From 9to5mac.com/toys (feed): If you are loading up on storage in 2009, you might want to head over to Amazon who have a Seagate 1.5TB 32MB SATA Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST31500341AS for $129. That is the lowest price we've ever seen for the largest capacity drive on the market. The device gets an average of 4/5 stars from Amazon reviewers and ships for free. These prices don't often last for more than 24 hours.
Or you can has a 1TB Hitachi for $80 fter $30 rebate.
For another $30-$40, throw in a SATA Drive docking station, or perhaps something a little more burly. ...
CrunchDeals: Seagate 1.5TB HDD for $129 (no rebates)
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No matter how you feel about Seagate’s reliability, you have to admit that this is a heck of a deal. For only $129, you get a 1.5TB drive with a 32MB buffer. What a steal! Better hurry, these Amazon deals usually don’t hang around that long.
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3,000 axed - not 800 Going further than its previous 10 per cent US workforce cut targeted by a recent SEC filing , Seagate has made another filing saying 6 per cent of its worldwide workforce will go and executives and other professionals will ...
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Seagate Technology is cutting thousands of jobs and slashing some employees' salaries by as much as 25 percent, the company said Wednesday, a surprise move coming just two days after Seagate changed chief executives and announced it was cutting 800 ...
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Seagate Technology, the world's largest maker of hard drives, said Wednesday it will cut 6 percent of its global workforce and reduce some employees' salaries by as much as 25 percent, as it struggles in a woeful business climate. The announcement by ...
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