From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 17 00:54:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA16406 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:54:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA16320 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:53:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07468; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:53:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <3600BFE2.697E0237@dal.net> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:53:06 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0914 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Donald Burr CC: Rick Knebel , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scsi hard drive References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Donald Burr wrote: > > My secret spy satellite informs me that on 17-Sep-98, Rick Knebel wrote: > > Hi, > > I have just purchased a mylex(buslogic) ultra wide scsi adapter and am > > in > > the market for a 4.5 gig ultra wide scsi hard drive. > > > > Could someone give me advice as to the most dependable one, at a > > reasonable > > price, and where to get the best deal. > > The IBM drives (DCAS, DORS, et al) seem to be quite reliable, and well > regarded by the free UNIX community. They make 'em in a wide variety of > sizes and configurations, and I believe I've seen a ~4.5 GB UltraWide > before. I got the 4.5 Gig DCAS 34300 UW at Christmas time and have been very happy with it. I got mine from http://www.basoncomputer.com/ but I don't know if they still have the best prices, I can't afford any new hardware right now. :-/ Hope this helps, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message