From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jun 22 19:49:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA08653 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:49:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from magicnet.magicnet.net (root@magicnet.magicnet.net [204.96.116.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08631 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:49:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@bilver.magicnet.net) Received: from bilver.magicnet.net (uucp@localhost) by magicnet.magicnet.net (8.8.6/8.8.8) with UUCP id WAA04133 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:47:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from bill@localhost) by bilver.magicnet.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) id WAA27147 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:46:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Vermillion Message-Id: <199806230246.WAA27147@bilver.magicnet.net> Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI Drives In-Reply-To: from "Cassandra M. Perkins" at "Jun 22, 98 11:34:47 am" To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:46:24 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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. 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