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Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 1996 13:24:40 +0100 (MET)
From:      Ulrich Callmeier <uc@brian.lunetix.de>
To:        se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser)
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fast and reliable 2GB disk
Message-ID:  <199602191224.NAA01164@brian.lunetix.de>
In-Reply-To: <199602171850.AA19016@Sysiphos> from "Stefan Esser" at Feb 17, 96 07:50:38 pm

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Hi,

thanks for your detailed information.

> Yes, I've been using a Quantum Atlas 2GB for nearly one year now,
> and it appears to be a well designed drive.

Sounds good.

> They don't know about a DFRS, only about the DFHS, and I'm 
> not sure whether the first is the successor of the second,
> or the names got confused in some way ...

I did some "research" and finally found the answer in c't 2/96, p. 220: the
DFRS is a _R_eengineered version of the DFHS. According to IBM the DFRS is not
suitable for use in a server (bad for me).  It does some internal calibration
each 72 hours, that takes about 23 seconds. During this time the disk is
not accessible. So the R seems to be more of a _R_educed version...

> Please let us know what you think of this drive if you
> actually buy one ...

I think I'll get the Quantum.

-- Ulrich



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