From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 18:11:50 2004 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CEEA16A4CE; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:11:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (u46n208.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA07043D46; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:11:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 729133B841; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:11:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 718C13B763; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:11:44 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:11:44 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040629150632.J74139@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Hitachi vs Seagate: Opinions wanted X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware <freebsd-hardware.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware>, <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware>, <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:11:50 -0000 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