Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 08:31:05 +0100 (MET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@ravenock.cybercity.dk> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2G SCSI disks? Message-ID: <199702040731.IAA18085@ravenock.cybercity.dk> In-Reply-To: <199702040543.QAA10839@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from Michael Smith at "Feb 4, 97 04:13:55 pm"
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In reply to Michael Smith who wrote:
>
> Argh, I'm screwed 8(
>
> A couple of systems we quoted have just been accepted. Both were
> specified with 2G SCSI disks.
>
> Only the 2G disk we were planning to use (the IBM DORS32160U) is no
> longer available. In fact, none of the 2G disks that we normally use
> are (no Seagate Hawk units either).
Yeah, I know, we they have the same problem at work :(, I don't think
they found anything usefull yet, so they use 4G disks instead...
> Does anyone have any alternative suggestions for reliable 2G 5400rpm
> SCSI disks?
>
> Failing that, has anyone done anything with the new Maxtor
> "DiamondMax" disks? Or have any suggestions for IDE disks that are
> likely to come close to the performance of an Ultra-SCSI disk?
Hmm, I've looked at the 5.1G Maxtor disk, and I'm going to get one
as soon as my limited budget allows me to, for use as a test drive
for DMA EIDE transfers. From what I've heard it should provide decent
performance in that configuration, and it priced about half of a
equivalent SCSI drive, that should make it a pretty god buy..
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end
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