From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Nov 25 21:52:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA11800 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:52:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from cafu.fl.net.au (root@cafu.fl.net.au [203.22.184.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA11586 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:50:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by cafu.fl.net.au (2.0/fl) id QAA10963; Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:50:01 +1100 (EST) Received: from happy.fl.net.au(203.22.184.20) by cafu.fl.net.au via smap (V1.3) id sma010865; Tue Nov 26 16:49:40 1996 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19961126165055.00dc6144@mail.fl.net.au> X-Sender: adf@mail.fl.net.au X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:50:55 +1100 To: Joel Kelmenson , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org From: Andrew Foster Subject: Re: Quantum XP drives? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I was thinking about getting a few new drives and wanted >to see what others thought of the Quantum XP drives. > > XP34300W < 4300MB wide > XP32150W < 2150MB wide > XP32150 < 2150MB > >I use mostly Seagate drives and I have been happy with them, but I was told that >the Quantum XP drives are better drives. I've had too many Quantums (in particular 4GB Atlases (XP34300 and XP34300W) fail in short periods of time (and I know of other cases of this happening)). I'd recommend IBM drives; while they're probably slightly more expensive than Quantum drives the performance is as good (if not better) and they seem far less prone to overheating. You may also consider using multiple 5400RPM drives (such as 2GB IBM's) with ccd. Regards, Andrew Foster First Link Internet Services Pty Ltd ==================================================================== Andrew Foster First Link Internet Services System & Network Admin. Flat Rate Internet Access in Sydney E-mail : adf@fl.net.au http://www.fl.net.au/ ====================================================================