From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Nov 19 23:37:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA17653 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:37:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi) Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA17643 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 1997 23:37:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.8.8/frmug-2.1/nospam) with UUCP id IAA04346 for freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:37:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.8/keltia-2.13/nospam) id IAA00560; Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:20:36 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto) Message-ID: <19971120082035.58266@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 08:20:35 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice on new SCSI hardware References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: ; from Chris Dillon on Wed, Nov 19, 1997 at 11:35:50PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3818 AMD-K6 MMX @ 208 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Chris Dillon: > (www.corpsys.com), the 2.1GB Seagate 32430WD (which they tag as just > Wide-SCSI), and the 4.3GB Micropolis 3243W (which they call a Ultra-Wide > SCSI3 drive.. the model number is suspiciously close to the Seagate's. > Typo?). I've heard some people really complain about the Micropolis > drives, so I thought I'd see if these were some of the particular buggers I recently saw a press release about Micropolis... It seems they're almost dead (people fired, offices closing and so on). The IBM drives (DCHS / DCAS) are good too. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #49: Sat Nov 15 20:03:33 CET 1997