From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jan 16 13:06:06 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22252 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:06:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from callisto.geotec.net (callisto.geotec.net [208.244.246.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA22247 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:06:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom@geotec.net) Received: from TOJ.org ([208.244.247.168]) by callisto.geotec.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-58476U5000L500S0V35) with ESMTP id net for ; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 15:15:17 -0600 Received: (from tom@localhost) by TOJ.org (8.9.2/8.9.1) id OAA06576 for hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:41:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from tom) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:41:00 -0600 From: tom@geotec.net (Tom Jackson) To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ultra scsi hard drive Message-ID: <19990116144100.A6514@peeper.TOJ.org> References: <19990114110804.A53280@symbion.srrc.usda.gov> <199901141722.KAA57367@panzer.plutotech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199901141722.KAA57367@panzer.plutotech.com>; from Kenneth D. Merry on Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 10:22:22AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 10:22:22AM -0700, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > Glenn Johnson wrote... > > I am looking to buy an ultra scsi hard drive for my home system. > > I came across a few Micropolis drives in my search but wanted to > > get some feedback. Does anyone have experience with Micropolis > > drives? How is the warranty handled since they are out of business? > > I think you'd be asking for trouble by getting Micropolis drives. They > didn't have a great reputation while they were in business, and I would > really stay away from them now that they're gone. > > If you want decent drives, get IBM or Seagate, and you'll probably do just > fine. > > > Also, does anyone have any experience with refurbished hard drives? > > Is this a viable alternative? If so, could you provide the name of > > a reputable vendor? > > Dunno about that, sorry. > > Ken Hi Ken and all, I suppose you recommend getting u2w instead of uw, even if you don't have a adapter for u2w, since the price difference is so small. I leaning toward IBM. Any opinion on following: DDRS39130W, DGUS39100W, IDRVS9U2, IBM39130U2, IDGHS09U2? Perhaps some are actually the same drives with different vendor ids. Basically they are 9GB u*w drives. -- Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message