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From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org>
To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Subject: Re: [hardware] Tagged Command Queuing or Larger Cache ?
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> Yes, but my point is that the AA drives are bad, but the BB drives seem
> good. I have been using them for a while (~1 year) without trouble.
>
> I believe the JB drives are much more closely related to the BB drives
> (ie effectively identical but with a bigger cache).
>
> Personally I find that no HD manufacturer has a good reputation - they
> have all made trashy drives at one point. Give the general time it takes
> for problems to surface vs product lifetimes makes deciding what to buy
> a PITA :(
>
I'll agree with that :-)

Ken


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