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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>
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Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine
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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?


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