From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 18:23:26 2004 Return-Path: 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 A5FA516A4CE; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:23:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from isber.ucsb.edu (research.isber.ucsb.edu [128.111.147.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926B243D46; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:23:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from randall@ucsb.edu) Received: from casino.isber.ucsb.edu ([128.111.147.11] helo=casino) by isber.ucsb.edu with esmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 3.36 #2) id 1BfNFa-0006hb-00; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:22:34 -0700 Message-ID: <005d01c45e06$12459020$0b936f80@net.isber.ucsb.edu> From: "randall ehren" To: "Marc G. Fournier" , References: <20040629150632.J74139@ganymede.hub.org> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:22:44 -0700 Organization: ISBER MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Scanner: exiscan *1BfNFa-0006hb-00*oXiyxNZOjZw* (ISBER - Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research) cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:23:26 -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 ... ? if you've always used seagate and they have always worked, then why switch? we are a 100% seagate shop here, with the exception of when dell decides to use ibm/hitachi drives instead of seagate. those are often the drives that fail and i always make a note to dell requesting a seagate drive. if you're building a custom box, http://www.rackmountpro.com/ sells some nice 2U cases with 6 drives bays and a hot-swap backplane for whatever type of drive you plan to install. -randall -- randall s. ehren :// 805.893.5632 systems administrator :// isber.ucsb.edu institute for social, behavioral, and economic research