From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Dec 5 23:54:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA29468 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 23:54:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ayukawa.aus.org (ayukawa.aus.org [199.166.246.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA29462 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 23:54:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lh@aus.org) Received: from bsd.aus.org (lh@bsd.aus.org [199.166.246.189]) by ayukawa.aus.org (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA13012; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 02:34:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199812060734.CAA13012@ayukawa.aus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3-beta-042198 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: <19981204115213.A36131@oit.umass.edu> Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 02:53:01 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: lh@aus.org From: Luke To: Greg Pavelcak Subject: RE: Opinions on IDE Hard Drives Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Reading several FreeBSD mailing lists gives me the impression > that at least some people think IDE drives are just fine for your > average user. However, although I have seen specific brands of > SCSI drives discussed, I don't recall seeing recommendations on > IDE hard drives; hence the purpose of this posting is to solicit > your opinions on reliable, fast ide hard drives. With Christmas > on the horizon, I just may be able to score some new hardware. I have SCSI and IDE , and SCSI I like more overall, but there is a dramatic price difference , and despite many troubles with IDE chipsets on motherboards, my normal-rpm Quantum fireball averages 8-10MBytes/second using the iozone port [with file sizes from 70-200MB]. Its also incredibly quiet :) I have several seagate IDEs, 'medalist' and 'decath-something' and some old 420/540 ones, some of the 420s are quite old and have always been in 24hr/day machines, and they still run. they arent loud, but louder than the quantum. I have had 3 maxtor HDs, although none newer , 2 540 ATA-2 PIO 3 ones, and 1 old @200 one. They all work ok, except 1 of the 540s is incredibly loud, and they are all quite loud, but they arent exactly newer models. I think SCSI is better, but my SCSI machine has a 1542 ISA , and everytime I think of getting a 2940UW [which I think would be faster than UDMA-EIDE?] , I realize the card itself could get me another 10MBs 5-8Gb IDE drive. --- E-Mail: Luke Sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message