Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 11:03:49 -0700 (PDT) From: William Wong <wwong@wiley.csusb.edu> To: bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu (BURTON SAMPLEY) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE vs SCSI was: flags 80ff works (like anybody doubted it) Message-ID: <199708081803.LAA21141@wiley.csusb.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970808074206.3907C-100000@haywire.csuhayward.edu> from "BURTON SAMPLEY" at Aug 8, 97 08:00:38 am
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> > I just had to take a small amount of bandwidth to throw in my $20.00 (2 > cents adjusted for inflation) > > I presently have a WD 1.6 & 3.1 EIDE drives. I was using 3.0 current, but > recently down-graded to 2.2.2-R. > > I would love to give these drives the 'roof test' and go to SCSI but I > have this common problem among college students (called 'empty wallet > disease'). FYI - stay away from WD!!! I know too many people that have > run into problems with these drives, myself included. My father has a 1.2 > drive which had to be replaced by WD when it was only 8 months old due to > media failure. My 1.6 drive was also only 8 months old when I had a > similar problem. Both drives were purchased from different retailers > about 1 year apart. Even though the drives were replaced, I just can not > trust WD again. > > As for the comparison of EIDE and SCSI, wouldn't make world times be a > better benchmark? With a P5-133 (on an ASUS P/I P55T2P4), 128MB 60NS EDO > RAM, 1.6 & 3.1 EIDE drives, the last time I did make world (around July 1, > with nothing else running) it took about 5.5 hours. I seem to recall > faster times from people with similar hardware but using SCSI disks. To > me, make world is more of a 'real world' type of measurement for the > drive. > > Burton > > > > My Intel P5-133 overclocked to 166 (83Mhz bus speed) on an ASUS P/I P55T2P4 with 64MB 60NS EDO (Toshiba) does make world in about 3.1 hours. This is using just 1 Seagate barracuda 32550N controlled by an Adaptec 2940UW. This is on 2.2.2-R. -- William T. Wong Cal State University, San Bernardino Phone: (909) 880-7281 email: wwong@wiley.csusb.edu
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