From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Dec 4 17:11:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16569 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:11:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA16564 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:10:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA16065; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 11:40:22 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id LAA06057; Sat, 5 Dec 1998 11:40:20 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981205114020.J603@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 11:40:20 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Greg Pavelcak , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Opinions on IDE Hard Drives References: <19981204115213.A36131@oit.umass.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981204115213.A36131@oit.umass.edu>; from Greg Pavelcak on Fri, Dec 04, 1998 at 11:52:13AM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 4 December 1998 at 11:52:13 -0500, Greg Pavelcak wrote: > > Reading several FreeBSD mailing lists gives me the impression > that at least some people think IDE drives are just fine for your > average user. However, although I have seen specific brands of > SCSI drives discussed, I don't recall seeing recommendations on > IDE hard drives; hence the purpose of this posting is to solicit > your opinions on reliable, fast ide hard drives. With Christmas > on the horizon, I just may be able to score some new hardware. > > Of course, if your view is that IDE is just not worth it, please > post as well. When I went looking for IDE drives earlier this year, I based my search on the test results from the German c't magazine, which showed that the IBM DeskStar drives were the fastest in a real-life mix, pushing 10 MB/s. I now have two of the drives (IBM-DHEA-36480 and IBM-DHEA-38451), and I'm certainly happy enough with them. They're much faster than my SCSI drives. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message