From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 10 1:29:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84217151FF for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 01:29:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA35256; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:29:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des) To: David Scheidt Cc: will andrews , Doug Barton , Alfred Perlstein , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, "Daniel O'Connor" Subject: Re: dual 400 -> dual 600 worth it? References: From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 10 Dec 1999 10:29:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: David Scheidt's message of "Wed, 8 Dec 1999 08:33:04 -0600 (CST)" Message-ID: Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070097 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.97) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David Scheidt writes: > Sun claims this about the Ultra 5 workstation. The problem with this theory > seems to be that "otherwise identical disks" don't seem to exist in IDE > disks. Yes, they do. Check the manufacturers' web sites if you don't believe me. All but the most expensive models are available with IDE or ATAPI interfaces (usually labeled N or A) as well as with various types of SCSI interfaces (labeled S, W, LW etc.) > disks. The ultra 5's have been no end of trouble with their disks, at least > until they get ultra-SCSI ones. Because Sun tried to shave a few bucks off the cost by equipping them with bottom-of-the-line disks (Segate Medalist). If the Ultra 5 shipped with e.g. IBM DeskStar disks, there wouldn't be any trouble. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message