From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Feb 4 9: 3:13 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 777E037B401 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:03:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from TheWorld.com (pcls3.std.com [199.172.62.105]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B73743F75 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:03:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kwc@shell.TheWorld.com) Received: from shell.TheWorld.com (ahall@shell01.TheWorld.com [199.172.62.241]) by TheWorld.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA11506; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:03:05 -0500 Received: (from kwc@localhost) by shell.TheWorld.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA113631340; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:03:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:03:02 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth W Cochran Message-Id: <200302041703.MAA113631340@shell.TheWorld.com> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: New hdd purchase recommendations Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello -scsi: This is probably a faq but I haven't found in archives lately. What makes/models of scsi (u160, maybe 320) hdds "play nicely" (or not) with FreeBSD nowadays? Over the years I've had good experience with both Seagate & IBM (& with their service, when necessary). These have been 4.5 & 9gb, all 7200rpm. The IBM units have seemed to run somewhat cooler. So nowadays, in, say, 9-36gb 7200/10k rpm drives, what are good to seek out (& what to avoid)? I guess critera would be *reliability* & "cool running" (which are closely related, I'd guess ;). Nowadays, I'm guessing things like speed would be roughly the same within a particular type/capacity (i.e. rpm/capacity)? Please cc me any replies; I guess I could summarize to the list if deemed appropriate. Thanks, -kc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message