From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Sep 30 19:22:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA20959 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:22:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA20928 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:22:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost.StevesCafe.com [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA22072; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:21:38 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199810010221.UAA22072@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 From: Steve Passe To: "Kenneth D. Merry" cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), dag-erli@ifi.uio.no, roberto@keltia.freenix.fr, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ahc & CAM: strange diagnostic In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:56:19 MDT." <199809302256.QAA02415@panzer.plutotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:21:38 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, > [ trimmed -current off the CC list ] > > Mike Smith wrote... > > > One more argument in favor of IBM disks is that they reputedly run > > > cooler and quieter than Quantum or Seagate disks. > > ... > > OTOH, we have been running a 9GB Seagate Cheetah in Freefall holding > > the CVS repository, and despite being far and away the busiest disk in > > the system it has kept its cool quite well. > > That's because it's a second generation Cheetah. The second generation > Cheetahs run a good bit cooler, I think. They're also faster than the > 10,000 RPM IBM disks. (the first generation Cheetahs were slower than the > IBM disks) I just purchased 3 cheetah 10000rpm LVD drives and am quite pleased, they run MUCH cooler than the older ones. After an afternoon of buildworlds they were barely warm to the touch! -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message