Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:40:58 -0700 From: "Aram Compeau" <aram@tibco.com> Cc: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seagate vs Quantum.. opinions? Message-ID: <37C4B74A.9CE2EC1D@tibco.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908252309440.369-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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I'd have to second the opinion on the IBM drives. Definitely top o' my list as
well. I'd recommend the IBM 18ES (moderate) line or their 18LZX line (high end) of
SCSI drives.
If you are limited to a choice between Seagate and Quantum, I'd take Seagate. I
have had 'issues' with some Quantum drives failing in the past. Since that time, I
have avoided them like the plague. Now, this was many years ago, so I have no idea
if they are putting out great drives now. Also, this is obviously personal
'anecdotal' experience and not the result of some massive reliability survey. The
only other data point I have is that several people I know have gotten burned using
Quantum IDE drives recently (not a reflection on SCSI drives, but a general
indication of quality).
You didn't ask about it, but I'd have to say that I'd be EXTREMELY upset with a
vendor that shipped me a substitute drive without my knowledge!! I've had good luck
ordering SCSI drives from Hyper Microsystems, Inc. (reasonable shipping & good
service):
http://www.hypermicro.com/
Cheers,
Aram Compeau
Chuck Robey wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Christopher Masto wrote:
>
> > I have a situation where I asked for Seagate Barracudas and was
> > shipped "QUANTUM ATLAS IV 9 WLS 0707" instead. Before I send them
> > back, I want to make sure I'd be making the right decision.
> >
> > As people here have intimate knowledge of which drives FreeBSD gets
> > along best with, and which ones have nasty quirks and firmware bugs,
> > should I keep the Atlases or the Barracudas?
>
> Have you tried the IBM drives? I know you said Seagate and Quantum, but
> the IBM drives seem (to me) to be, all at the same time, the cheapest,
> coolest, quietest, and very nearly the fastest. Check the prices, if
> you go to the places I go to, you're in for a shock.
>
> I am really starting to be an IBM booster (take a look at all the free
> source code available at their site, if you need other reasons). Times
> sure have changed, haven't they? They don't seem to be trying to be
> such open monopolists these days.
>
> > --
> > Christopher Masto Senior Network Monkey NetMonger Communications
> > chris@netmonger.net info@netmonger.net http://www.netmonger.net
> >
> > Free yourself, free your machine, free the daemon -- http://www.freebsd.org/
> >
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