From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu May 13 12:10:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (mail-gw3.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E822A14F58 for ; Thu, 13 May 1999 12:10:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (ppp-207-193-14-155.hstntx.swbell.net [207.193.14.155]) by mail-gw3adm.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA03358; Thu, 13 May 1999 14:09:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA20222; Thu, 13 May 1999 14:11:20 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from chris) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:11:19 -0500 From: Chris Costello To: Chuck Robey Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM scsi drives Message-ID: <19990513141119.B19831@holly.dyndns.org> Reply-To: chris@calldei.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Chuck Robey on Thu, May 13, 1999 at 01:59:01PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, May 13, 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > At $175 for 4.5G, it seems like it would be a good deal if I knew it to > work .... does anyone have any experience with it? I paid $179 for my IBM DDRS-34560D DC1B (4.5 GB Ultrastar) and it's been a good deal so far. What real advantages does the DDRS34560W-LVD have? > > BTW, this is for a hobby system, not a professional system, so anyone > suggesting I spend triple the price for extra reliability is going to be > politely ignored. > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) > (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- -- Chris Costello Artificial Intelligence: Making computers behave like they do in the movies. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message