Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 23:26:03 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@argus> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: SyJet -vs- Jazz Message-ID: <199704180426.XAA17212@argus> In-Reply-To: <199704180309.MAA21105@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 18, 97 12:39:46 pm
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In reply: > Jim Bryant stands accused of saying: > > has anyone done a side by side comparison of SyJet [1.5G] and Jazz > > [1G] using bonnie or iozone using ahc? given that they are the same > > price here [$399 internal, $120-129/cart], i'm leaning towards the > > SyJet... i've also heard that the flap/door thing on the Jazz > > internal model is really flimsy too, plus the SyJet claims faster > > real-life sustained throughput ["up to 7 M/S", that's as good as or > > better than my 2G scsi-2 barracuda]... > > I haven't busted the door on my Jazz yet, and it gets quite a lot of > use. OTOH, I've had one cart die on me (media error) and another grow > at least one defect (I'm not sure if it's successfully mapped it, > although it claims to do ARRE and AWRE). > > I haven't had a chance to play with a SyJet yet, but I would suspect > that their 7M/sec "sustained" is SCSI throughput, not media > throughput. they claim that the scsi xfer rate is 20M... [up to] 7M is what they claim for ACTUAL.. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net - KC5VDJ 2M, 70cm, KPC-3+ - kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam
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