Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 13:52:04 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: michael@memra.com, hdalog@zipnet.net, dror@hopf.dnai.com, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ERROR info:747d9d asc:11,0 Unrecovered read error, other SCSI issues Message-ID: <199606082053.NAA19410@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 08 Jun 96 16:27:02 %2B0200. <199606081427.QAA04029@yedi.iaf.nl>
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>> >Maybe Quantum's engineering does something wierd internally and doesn't
>> >test their drives on a real world activity mix that includes UNIX.
>As Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote...
>> That would be hard to believe, considering that Quantum drives ship in
>> some HP Workstations, among others...
>And in lots of Digital Equipment machines...
>In general: I have yet to hear of a manufacturer that never has 'junk'
>drive types every now and then.
That has been my experience also, following these lists and Usenet.
I think I have heard of bad runs of drives from every major
manufacturer. Especially the ones that try to push the limits, like
newer 7200rpm drives.
The only difference, I think, is that I have heard of Seagate drives
failing more than the rest.
Personally, I have owned several Quantums. I like them -- they do the
job for a good price, and the performance is good. I have had two
Quantums fail. One (a ProDrive 425S) was old and had put in several
years of good service and hard life running Unix. It didn't surprise
me a bit when it finally went.
The other was newer (LPS 540S), but was a few months out of warranty.
I called them up and they replaced it for free anyway.
I have other Quantum drives (a couple TrailBlazer 850S's) that haven't
shown any problems. I also have a couple Western Digital IDE drives
(a 1.6GB and a 540MB; all my other drives are SCSI) which work very
well, and actually seem to run less hot than the other bigger drives.
I have two HP drives (both 1GB) which run hot, but which have been
quite reliable and quick so far. I also have an old Seagate (500MB)
with an Apple decal on it, that probes as a SCSI-1 drive, but still
performs pretty well for an older drive, and hasn't shown a single
problem so far.
So, in Quantum's case, specifically, I wouldn't say that all their
drives way more reliable, but I wouldn't say they are way less,
either. And, it doesn't bring your data back, but they were very
helpful and courteous when I did need to get a drive replaced.
Anyone who says "Don't buy X's drives -- they all suck!", I pretty
much tune out right away. If a manufacturer truly made only drives
that always failed a few months after you bought them, they quite
simply wouldn't stay in business. People who can give specific
examples and models I take more seriously.
Is this thread beat to death, yet?
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