Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 21:41:31 -0500 From: Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> To: Piete Brooks <Piete.Brooks@cl.cam.ac.uk> Cc: Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>, AIC7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice on disk purchase? Message-ID: <199902060241.VAA00911@mixing.qc.dfo.ca> In-Reply-To: (Your message of Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:59:05 GMT.) <E101FOd-00076O-00@heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk>
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Piete Brooks wrote:
> >> A provider is suggesting I might want to buy an Ultra-Wide disk instead of
> >> an ultra (narrow) version to put on my Adaptec 2940U controller.
> > The uw and ultra(narrow) versions of the disk are about the same price, and
> > your drive will be obsolete sooner if you get the narrow version.
>
> I'd go one further and buy the LVD version -- another speed factor of two.
Just a note to thank you, Brett Smith and Brian Ristuccia for the
good advice. My new Barracuda 9.1 GB UW-LVD is humming along
nicely using a 68->50 pin connector on a narrow bus, with
sustained transfer rates of 10.5 MB/s. It's quiet and plenty
fast. Cost CDN$700 too, so not too bad.
--
Peter Galbraith, research scientist <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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