Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:33:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" <karl@mcs.com> To: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich) Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thumbs up? Or down?? (disk recommend) Message-ID: <m0tKna3-000IDUC@venus.mcs.com> In-Reply-To: <199511290517.AAA02331@crh.cl.msu.edu> from "Charles Henrich" at Nov 29, 95 00:17:11 am
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> In lists.freebsd.hackers you write: > > >> Greetings! > >> I was planning on picking up some MC3243 drives (4.3G, 8.?mS) > >> and wondered if any have comments pro or con? > >> Thanx! > > >Exec-PC just returned a boatload of these to the manufacturer. Tooo many > >failures under moderate to heavy use. Buy a Barracuda instead and put a big > >fan on it. > > Screw that, we have about 80% failure on Barracuda's we have so far. Shoot for > the Connor 4207S, runs cold, 7200RPM, fast as snot, works perfect so far. > > -Crh We have a zero failure rate on the Seagate Hawks; not quite as fast (5400rpm) but very stable and great seek times (sub 10ms). The 4.2G drives are relatively inexpensive to boot. We like 'em here. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - The Finest Internet Connectivity Modem: [+1 312 248-0900] | (shell, PPP, SLIP, leased) in Chicagoland Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1] | 10 Chicagoland POPs, ISDN, 28.8, much more Fax: [+1 312 248-9865] | Email to "info@mcs.net" WWW: http://www.mcs.net ISDN - Get it here TODAY! | Home of Chicago's only FULL Clarinet feed!
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