From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Oct 15 10:19:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA21608 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:19:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from paloalto.access.hp.com (daemon@paloalto.access.hp.com [15.254.56.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA21602 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:19:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com by paloalto.access.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA003849957; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:19:17 -0700 Received: from hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA041189956; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:19:16 -0700 Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA294689955; Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:19:15 -0700 Message-Id: <199610151719.AA294689955@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Reliable Quantum drives (was: Re: your mail) Reply-To: darrylo@sr.hp.com Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:19:15 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Scott Blachowicz wrote: > Michael Smith wrote: > > > Geez. Sounds like they're still building sticky drives. I don't like > > Quantum for just that reason. > > Geez...now he tells me...:-)). Quantum drives aren't all "bad". In particular, the "Atlas" series is quite good, although noisy and a bit hot (but not as hot as Seagate Barracudas). If you don't mind "average" performance (~4.5MB/sec), the old Fireball series is decent and inexpensive (I don't know how the newer/slower "Fireball TM" fares, though). I'd stay away from Empire and, maybe, Capella drives, however. -- Darryl Okahata Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day.