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From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Cliff Sarginson" <cliff@raggedclown.net>,
	"Alexey Koptsevich" <alex@astro.su.se>, <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: RE: reliable HDD brand
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:57:58 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Cliff Sarginson
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 7:58 AM
> To: Alexey Koptsevich; scsi@freebsd.org; questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: reliable HDD brand
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD
> brand is more
> > reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we
> have chosen
> > IBM Ericsson.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Alex
>
> I think HP disks are generally reckoned to be the top-notch, but they
> come at a premium.

	HP drives are generally OEM'd from somewhere else.  I've seen Quantum,
Maxtor and Seagate drives rebadged for HP (and am currently using a Seagate
drive in my NetServer 2000 LC since that's what it came with from the
factory).

--- Andy


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