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Date:      Fri, 29 Aug 1997 12:17:59 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Dual Log Stats - 1997/08/29 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970829121435.21476A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>
In-Reply-To: <199708291812.LAA21138@implode.root.com>

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On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, David Greenman wrote:

> >On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Sean Eric Fagan wrote:
> >
> >> >> Bytes transferred : 200,910,987,981
> >> 
> >> If I did the math right, that's an average of a bit more than 2MBytes/sec.
> >> average throughput.  (I am assuming this is for a 24 hour period.)
> >> 
> >> That means it has surprassed a normal ethernet, but has plenty of room for a
> >> fast ethernet.  If it's still connected by 100Mbps connection, it still has
> >> plenty of room.
> >
> >I feel sorry for those hard disks... I assume they are not Seagates if 
> >they crank that hard and still aren't toast!
> 
>    We've had more trouble with Quantum Grand Prix's than we've had with the
> few Seagate drives we have. Nearly all of the Grand Prix's have failed at
> least once. None of the Quantum Atlas's have failed, however.
> 
Grand Prix drives are admittedly bad. Especially those full-height 4.3GB 
100W ovens! As a vendor, we have a slang part number for the Seagate 
Barracudas: The Seagate Boomerang. We always seem to see them again after 
we ship them out to our customers! (usually within 2 months)

Kevin




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