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Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 18:09:43 -0700 ()
From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>
To: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU>
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Subject: Re: Caviar Hard Drives
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> I am considering adding a second hard drive. The current one is a Maxtor
> (don't know the model) 514 Meg HD. I am considering a Western Digital
> Caviar and would like to know people's experiences with these on FreeBSD.
> I *presume* it would work well, given that WD is the standard, but I could
> always be wrong ...


	There have been a lot of problems with Caviars lately. (Within the
last year,) I personally suggest going with Fuji or better yet, SCSI
Quantum Atlas IIs :)


					Rick


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