From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 15 13:20:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B75037B404 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 13:20:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEEA843F85 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 13:20:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5FKKChR070557 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:20:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost)h5FKKBHm070556 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:20:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (localhost.klemm.apsfilter.org [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.apsfilter.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5FKGTlR002495 for ; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:16:34 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5FKGSKf002494 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:16:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:16:28 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030615201628.GA2120@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.1-RC X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Which 160-180 GB ATA disk is reliable and fast ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 20:20:17 -0000 My current Seagate Disk has severe unrecoverable read errors. ad0: 76319MB [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 Jun 14 22:11:22 titan kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: ATAPI 00 00 Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: ATA 01 a5 Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: success setting UDMA33 on VIA 82C686A chip Jun 14 22:11:25 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40 Jun 15 03:01:57 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40 Jun 15 20:40:46 titan kernel: ad0: 76319MB [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 Jun 15 20:40:46 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40 Before using this Seagate Drive I had severe problems with 40GB IBM and Maxtor drives. They all worked for about 1/2-1 year and then failed quickly :-/ I have to look for another drive now, but which one ? Do you have perhaps some background informations concerning the one or other drive ? IBM IC35L180AVV207 185,2 GB 8,5/8192/7200 U-100 IDE 184.00 EUR Deskstar 180 GXP Maxtor 6Y160P0 160,0 GB 9,4/8192/7200 U-133 IDE 164.00 EUR DiamondMax Plus 9 Seagate ST3160023A 160,0 GB 8,5/8192/7200 U-100 IDE 189.00 EUR Barracuda 7200.7 W.Digit WD1600JB 160,0 GB 8,9/8192/7200 U-100 IDE 189.00 EUR Caviar Special Edition In this link you'll see that the Seagate disk has a bad write performance compared to other drives like the IBM 180 GXP. http://www.ixbt-labs.com/articles2/seagate-barr7/ I'll connect the drive to my on-board ATA interface which is only capable of UDMA-66. The drive should be in the 1st place reliable (don't want to replace my drives on a 6-12 month cycle anymore) and performance is also a matter. What's your recommendation ?? Thanks Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/