From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 28 08:20:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA01975 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 08:20:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-4.mail.demon.net (relay-4.mail.demon.net [158.152.1.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA01966 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 08:19:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk ([158.152.1.72]) by relay-4.mail.demon.net id aa23170; 28 Aug 96 15:15 GMT Received: from longacre.demon.co.uk ([158.152.156.24]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa04140; 28 Aug 96 16:15 +0100 From: Michael Searle Message-ID: To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI HDs info? References: <199608281251.FAA24332@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 16:12:09 BST X-Mailer: Offlite 0.09 / Termite Internet for Acorn RISC OS Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk owner-questions-digest@freefall.freebsd.org wrote: > Freebsd wrote: >>> Because they're cheap :) Anything wrong with Micropolis drives? The HP >>> is just as cheap, but the Micropolis sounds good - fast SCSI2, 8.5ms, >>> 7200rpm. >> Actually, every HD you posted on that list are cheap ;) I personally >> don't care for Micropolis' because I don't think they last very long. >> My IBMs and HPs have lasted longer than my Micraps.. > Welp, I have a customer thats been running two Micropolis 1558-15 (330M) > drives for over 5 years and they run like a champ! Old and slow though. >>> What sort of performance did you get from the HP, Fireball and TR850S? >>> I have heard that Fireballs are fast, but I don't know about the >>> others. (these were also picked by price) >> Quantum is definitely faster of the 3.. If you have the $$$ go with >> Seagate.. Um, the Seagate 1G is UKP 3 more than the Quantum 1G. I have that much $$$. ;) It is a 12ms drive though. (Maybe you meant the larger drives - the Seagate 2G costs more than twice as much as the Seagate 1G.) >> I also like Fujitsus... The Fujitsu M1606SA 1G is a little more expensive, but faster (10ms). > I've found that Quantum drives platters fail frequently. I have ~20 of > them sitting in the junk pile! All with failed media. They run fine, But > bad blocks pop up faster then they can get fixed! I must agree they are > fast though. > I have 6 Seagate ST41200 drives in *my* Netware server and they have ran > flawless for ~5 years they are a bit slow though. > Fujitsus have been my choice of late for SCSI drives! Are there any problems with the Seagate ST51080N 1G? -- Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk