Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 22:47:17 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> To: Michael Beckmann <beckmann@powermac.stud.th-darmstadt.de> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950909224409.15160Q-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <v02130506ac768a5cd9b9@[130.83.177.12]>
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On Sat, 9 Sep 1995, Michael Beckmann wrote: > 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. What are IBM's high end line of drives called? > 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, That's okay.... Any opinions/comments on the Sequent DSP5400 4 GIG 5.25" FH SCSI drive though? Are these any good and are they really made by DEC? Cheers, -Vince- vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu - GUS Mailing Lists Admin UC Berkeley AstroPhysics - Electrical Engineering (Honorary B.S.) SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD, Real UN*X for Free!
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