Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 23:08:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington <freelist@webweaver.net> To: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI Drives Message-ID: <XFMail.980625230847.freelist@webweaver.net> In-Reply-To: <199806230246.WAA27147@bilver.magicnet.net>
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On 23-Jun-98 Bill Vermillion wisely wrote:
> Recently Cassandra M. Perkins said:
>
>> For about a couple of years I have used Seagate Barracuta Drives.
>> In that time, I had to get an inwarranty replacement for about 45%
>> of the drives. I'm looking to purchase new drives and just wanted
>> recommendations drives used by the list. I'm willing to settle for
>> slower speeds (and possibly increased cost) for a highly reliable
>> and robust drive.
>
> The Baracudda are robust and highly reliabe - if - make that a big
> IIFF - you install them according to the spec sheets that show the
> proper airflow direction and mounting instructions.
>
I agree I have found the Seagate drives to be much more reliable than quantum e
speccialy.
However you need to cool them well. Often a problem since most case manufacturer
s don't seem to understand this or care.
I use and reccomend cases from siliconrax. (www.siliconrax.com) Most of their c
ases pull All of air across the hard drives via 3 large fans.
One interesting thing is that I have been getting Barracuda drives that seem to
be rebuilt but are being sold as new.
Recently I have started to use their cheeta drives and they are quite nice but
generate A LOT of heat.
Nicole I agree I have found the Seagate drives to be much more reliable than q
uantum.
However you need to cool them well. Often a problem since most case manufacturer
s don't seem to understand this or care.
I use and reccomend cases from siliconrax. (www.siliconrax.com) Most of their c
ases pull All of air across the hard drives via 3 large fans.
One interesting thing is that I have been getting Barracuda drives that seem to
be rebuit but are being sold as new.
Recently I have started to use their cheeta drives and they are quite nice but
generate A LOT of heat.
Nicole
> The DIRECTION of air flow is very important. There is an exact
> diagram on Seagate's web page.
>
> Even Seagate says that if the drive is properly cooled the MTBF of
> something like 500,000 hours should be reached. If it not cooled
> properly drive life will be about 10,000 hours.
>
> This means that there should be no drive above them - or mounted in
> the center of a 3.5 1/2 bay, and proper cooling. I have a client
> who has 3 'cuddas in the their system - rock solid and faithful for
> about 2+ years. However there are THREE cooling fans in the case
>
> Bill
>
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