Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:06:26 -0700 From: "Samuel Clements" <sclements@linkline.com> To: "'Marc G. Fournier'" <scrappy@hub.org>, <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Hitachi vs Seagate: Opinions wanted Message-ID: <20040629190624.48E65BE@smtp2.linkline.com> In-Reply-To: <20040629150632.J74139@ganymede.hub.org>
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Of the two, I prefer the Seagates, if not for the absolutely hassle free way to get firmware updates. You just call and ask. Hitachi on the other hand, you have to get the serial number and firmware rev of every drive in the target system before they'll even speak to you! -Sam > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > hardware@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Marc G. Fournier > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:12 AM > To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org > Subject: Hitachi vs Seagate: Opinions wanted > > > I've always used Seagate or Quantum drives in my servers ... with the > recent thought about switching to Dual-Athlon servers, from Intel, and the > caveats about both heat and power that I've had, its been recommended > switching to Hitachi drives from the usual Seagate ... also, apparently > the failure rates are higher on the Seagate's are much higher then the > Hitachi ... > > Since I can't say I've ever had a complaint (other then the U320 firmware > fiasco that Seagate did fix), I'm wondering if there is that much of a > difference with the Hitachi's to warrant the extra ~$50/drive ... ? > > The server we are putting together will be a 2U chassis, with 6 U320 > drives in it ... either hitachi or seagate ... > > Thoughts? Opinions? > > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services > (http://www.hub.org) > Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: > 7615664 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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