From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Apr 20 00:07:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA20877 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:07:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA20806 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 07:06:48 GMT (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA01103; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:05:08 +0200 (MEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199804200705.JAA01103@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: Narrow SCSI controllers, and using WIDE drives with them In-Reply-To: <199804200611.BAA00769@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at "Apr 20, 98 01:11:01 am" To: toor@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:05:08 +0200 (MEST) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, shocking@prth.pgs.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In reply to John S. Dyson who wrote: > > > > Even without the "ultra" word, if you only have a single disk, and the > > machine is a workstation, and you don't plan on swapping heavily, IDE > > is very effective. > > > Another caveat (and I am IDE addict, due to cost), is that IDE drives > often seem to have infant mortality problems. I like IDE, but have also > lost about 1/4 of the drives that I have bought due to early failures. > > Suggestion: do not trust your drive until you have used it for awhile. I can second that one!! Also I have had very bad DOA rates with Quantum disks, but those that work, seems quite reliable... It seems that if the drive survives the first 2-3 weeks of abuse then its virutally impossible to kill :) I have a Maxtor DiamondMax that has been dropped, overheated and what not several times, and it still works like a charm :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message