Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 02:11:55 +0200 From: beckmann@powermac.stud.th-darmstadt.de (Michael Beckmann) To: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine Message-ID: <v02130506ac768a5cd9b9@[130.83.177.12]>
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At 03:40 Uhr 30.8.1995, -Vince- wrote: >> > Hmmm okay but what drives can touch the barracuda's in terms of >> >speed? >> >> The IBM DFHS line of drives, absolutely. 7 ms access, 7200 rpm, MTBF >> 1.000.000 h. Available as both Fast - and Wide SCSI-II drives. >> >> I would always prefer these drives and not buy a Barracuda, since I have >> made very good experiences with IBM drives in both reliability and speed. > > Are these DeskStar or FireStar lines of drives? Certainly not the Deskstar. I have the Deskstar datasheet here, they are pretty good, but not IBMs High End drives. The deskstar are rated at 500.000 h MTBF, 5400 rpm and 10.5 ms av. seek; available with 540 MB and 1 GB capacity. BTW, according to recent tests in c't (German computer magazine) the DFHS drives from IBM outperform the Barracudas slightly. In the test only one of the Barracuras was a bit faster than the IBM DFHS; it was a Wide SCSI model. IBMs Wide SCSI drives weren't tested. Regards, and sorry it took me so long to answer, Michael
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