From owner-freebsd-current Wed Sep 30 17:09:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA02681 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:09:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02656; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:09:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id RAA07816; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:08:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980930170853.A26485@Alameda.net> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:08:53 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Mike Smith , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav_?= Cc: Ollivier Robert , current@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ahc & CAM: strange diagnostic Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <199809302231.PAA03681@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199809302231.PAA03681@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 03:31:08PM -0700 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 03:31:08PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > One more argument in favor of IBM disks is that they reputedly run > > cooler and quieter than Quantum or Seagate disks. > > I can't speak for the 7200 and 10000rpm IBM disks, as I have never been > able to source them when I've been considering them. I can say that > IBM go to considerable lengths to make their cooling data available > (see the product pages for their drives), and they do appear to be > comparable if not somewhat better than the competition. > > OTOH, we have been running a 9GB Seagate Cheetah in Freefall holding > the CVS repository, and despite being far and away the busiest disk in > the system it has kept its cool quite well. I just replaced a Barracuda 9GB disk with an IBM 18G and the drive is very much cooler. I will put some IBM 10K 9G in later tonight. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message