From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jun 26 15:04:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA14887 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:04:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ritchie.loop.com (ritchie-inet.loop.com [207.211.60.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA14763 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:03:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cassy@loop.com) Received: from patty.loop.com (patty-inet.loop.com [207.211.60.69]) by ritchie.loop.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA26780 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:01:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cassy@loop.com) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:00:48 -0700 (PDT) From: "Cassandra M. Perkins" To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI Drives (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I will look into different case options. The case I currently use is a 2ft tower that holds five to six drives but doesn't provide ventilation necessary for the seagate drives, which seems to run hotter. On 23-Jun-98 Bill Vermillion wisely wrote: > Recently Cassandra M. Perkins said: > >> For about a couple of years I have used Seagate Barracuta Drives. >> In that time, I had to get an inwarranty replacement for about 45% >> of the drives. I'm looking to purchase new drives and just wanted >> recommendations drives used by the list. I'm willing to settle for >> slower speeds (and possibly increased cost) for a highly reliable >> and robust drive. > > The Baracudda are robust and highly reliabe - if - make that a big > IIFF - you install them according to the spec sheets that show the > proper airflow direction and mounting instructions. > I agree I have found the Seagate drives to be much more reliable than quantum e speccialy. However you need to cool them well. Often a problem since most case manufacturer s don't seem to understand this or care. I use and reccomend cases from siliconrax. (www.siliconrax.com) Most of their c ases pull All of air across the hard drives via 3 large fans. One interesting thing is that I have been getting Barracuda drives that seem to be rebuilt but are being sold as new. Recently I have started to use their cheeta drives and they are quite nice but generate A LOT of heat. Nicole I agree I have found the Seagate drives to be much more reliable than q uantum. However you need to cool them well. Often a problem since most case manufacturer s don't seem to understand this or care. I use and reccomend cases from siliconrax. (www.siliconrax.com) Most of their c ases pull All of air across the hard drives via 3 large fans. One interesting thing is that I have been getting Barracuda drives that seem to be rebuit but are being sold as new. Recently I have started to use their cheeta drives and they are quite nice but generate A LOT of heat. Nicole > The DIRECTION of air flow is very important. There is an exact > diagram on Seagate's web page. > > Even Seagate says that if the drive is properly cooled the MTBF of > something like 500,000 hours should be reached. If it not cooled > properly drive life will be about 10,000 hours. > > This means that there should be no drive above them - or mounted in > the center of a 3.5 1/2 bay, and proper cooling. I have a client > who has 3 'cuddas in the their system - rock solid and faithful for > about 2+ years. However there are THREE cooling fans in the case > > Bill > > -- > bill@bilver.magicnet.net | bill@bilver.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message nicole@webweaver.net - http://www.webweaver.net/ webmistress@dangermouse.org - http://www.dangermouse.org/ ------------------------------------------------- -- Powered by Coka Cola and FreeBSD -- -- Stong enough for a man - But made for a Woman -- -- Microsoft: What bug would you like today? -- -- I tried an internal modem once, but it hurt when I walked -- --------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message