Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 21:19:24 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: reliable HDD brand Message-ID: <20011029211924.A5184@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011029145028.N51234-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>; from lists@natserv.com on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 02:53:28PM -0500 References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10109271347450.29064-100000@dioscuri.astro.su.se> <20011029145028.N51234-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 02:53:28PM -0500, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Alexey Koptsevich wrote: > > > I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD brand is more > > reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we have chosen > > IBM Ericsson. > > Catchin up with my lists... > Take a look at storagereview.com > I look at this site at least 3 to 4 times a week. Lots of info about HDs > including reliability, performance and recently even reviews on noise. > > In particular try and read the forums regularly. > > As for those asking why SCSI disks are better it is usually because > components and manufacturing of SCSI drives is better. > > SCSI drives are usually so much better than SCSI that almost 3 years ago I > bought some used SCSI drives for $75 and those drives have survived longer > than several brand new IDEs (IBM and Quantum). My only two issues with > SCSI are the price and the noise. > Yes, why are they so noisy ? I suspect little effort is put into them in this direction on the grounds they are for the most part used in servers in isolated locations ? Just a guess.. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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