Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:37:14 +0100 (MET) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers) Subject: Re: Thumbs up? Or down?? (disk recommend) Message-ID: <199511291737.SAA20625@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199511290517.AAA02331@crh.cl.msu.edu> from "Charles Henrich" at Nov 29, 95 00:17:11 am
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Charles Henrich writes: > > 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. Well, I haven't had any trouble with Barracudas yet, though I sold them on my client's express wish after having vowed never to use Seagate again. I'm using a 4207S myself. It's in a cabinet, so I can't say how warm it's getting, but it *does* make a hell of a noise when it's working. Not a machine for your bedroom. Greg
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