From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 1 14:54:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA01797 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:54:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.frihet.com (root@frihet.bayarea.net [205.219.92.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA01791 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:54:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns.frihet.com (tweten@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns.frihet.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with ESMTP id OAA17862; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:53:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608012153.OAA17862@ns.frihet.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.7 5/3/96 Reply-To: "David E. Tweten" To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Drive recommendation Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 14:53:12 -0700 From: "David E. Tweten" Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk pechter@shell.monmouth.com said: >Any views on the DEC DSP5200S scsi drive. I'm considering one -- >since it meets my needs -- under $500 and >around 2GB. Mine has been running pretty much full time for two years. It is a lot quieter and cooler to the touch than the Toshiba 3 1/2" drives on my machine at work. I also like its feature allowing the SCSI controller to command it to spin up. That allows me to sequence the starting transients just enough that my UPS doesn't beep at me any more when I turn the machine on. On the down side, it's old, big, and slow, but then so am I. -- David E. Tweten | PGP Key fingerprint: | tweten@frihet.com 12141 Atrium Drive | E9 59 E7 5C 6B 88 B8 90 | tweten@and.com Saratoga, CA 95070-3162 | 65 30 2A A4 A0 BC 49 AE | (408) 446-4131