Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:11:44 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Hitachi vs Seagate: Opinions wanted Message-ID: <20040629150632.J74139@ganymede.hub.org>
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I've always used Seagate or Quantum drives in my servers ... with the recent thought about switching to Dual-Athlon servers, from Intel, and the caveats about both heat and power that I've had, its been recommended switching to Hitachi drives from the usual Seagate ... also, apparently the failure rates are higher on the Seagate's are much higher then the Hitachi ... Since I can't say I've ever had a complaint (other then the U320 firmware fiasco that Seagate did fix), I'm wondering if there is that much of a difference with the Hitachi's to warrant the extra ~$50/drive ... ? The server we are putting together will be a 2U chassis, with 6 U320 drives in it ... either hitachi or seagate ... Thoughts? Opinions? ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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