From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 29 06:35:26 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA19484 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 06:35:26 -0800 Received: from kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA19477 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 06:35:12 -0800 Received: from venus.mcs.com (root@Venus.mcs.com [192.160.127.92]) by kitten.mcs.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA02531; Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:33:52 -0600 Received: by venus.mcs.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5) id ; Wed, 29 Nov 95 08:33 CST Message-Id: Subject: Re: Thumbs up? Or down?? (disk recommend) To: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 08:33:51 -0600 (CST) From: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199511290517.AAA02331@crh.cl.msu.edu> from "Charles Henrich" at Nov 29, 95 00:17:11 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1120 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > 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!