Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 13:36:12 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu (-Vince-) Cc: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine Message-ID: <199508122036.NAA06906@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950812150931.9552k-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> from "-Vince-" at Aug 12, 95 03:10:24 pm
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> > On Sat, 12 Aug 1995, Gary Palmer wrote: > > > > > [CC: list trimmed, primarily to save my machine work :-)] > > > > In message <Pine.LNX.3.91.950812140011.9552e-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu>, -V > > ince- writes: > > >> And the drive is a Micropolis 1991. > > > > > Hmmm, are they pretty good and quiet of a drive or would I be > > >better off with a Seageate or Quantum (If they make one)? > > > > Dunno about quiet - it's in a machine room... I don't think so tho. > > Is Micropolis pretty reliable though? Micropolis has one of the best track records in the industry for the reliability of thier drives. They were the only vendor for a long time to pass Auspex's reliability requirements. > What drives does wcarchive and freefall use? Seagates and Micropolis on wcarchive last I heard, and Freefall is pure Quantum unless something has changed last time I looked at dmesg output. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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