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Date:      Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:24:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>
To:        Travis Mikalson <bofh@terranova.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Recommended SCSI Drives
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980624082237.5383A-100000@federation.addy.com>
In-Reply-To: <359022CB.726C@terranova.net>

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On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Travis Mikalson wrote:

> Cliff Addy wrote:
> > The hands-down winner for reliability for us has been IBM UltraStar
> > drives.  We run web servers and our drives get beat on all day, every day.
> 
> Now if Murphy heard you say that and your IBMs haven't done something
> evil on you as a result, I guess I may try one or two :)
> 
> Does this good experience with the UltraStar disks include the (scary to
> me) 10,000 RPM drives as well?

No, these are the older 5400 and 7200(?) models.  Plenty fast enough for
us.  Unfortunately, the 5400s are getting scarce, but if you can find them
they're generally <$250 for 4.5GB Ultra-Wide.


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