From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jun 23 01:59:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA25715 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 01:59:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from caladan.tdx.co.uk (caladan.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA25674 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 01:59:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from tdx.co.uk (lorca-tx.tdx.co.uk [195.188.177.242]) by caladan.tdx.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA01346; Tue, 23 Jun 1998 09:57:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Message-ID: <358F6E0D.A6A09151@tdx.co.uk> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 09:57:49 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz Organization: TDX X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Vermillion CC: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI Drives References: <199806230246.WAA27147@bilver.magicnet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Bill Vermillion wrote: > 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. > [snip] > > 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 I couldn't agree more with this - cooling is _very_ important... I have (touch wood) a large collection of 'old' drives, some of which are into their fifth year, all have been cooled to the point of 'warm to to the touch' for their entire lifetime, and (again, touch wood ;-) - No problems yet... The drives haven't even had any grown defects in years either... ;-) I'm also debating on whether it's a 'good' idea to spin them down and up every once in a while... We did have a spate of drives that would run for about 3-4 years, but would die if you spun them down (mostly _sounded_ like bad motors rather than the old 'sticky' media syndrome (FreeBSD systems are the worst offender for this, as they never crash badly / often enough to ensure the machine is switched off every once in a while! ) Regards, Karl Pielorz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message