From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Feb 18 22:09:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA12570 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 22:09:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (mail.plutotech.com [206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA12564; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 22:09:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gibbs@plutotech.com) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA18516; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 23:09:15 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199802190609.XAA18516@pluto.plutotech.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami) cc: gibbs@plutotech.com, tom@sdf.com, KILLSPAM%mlghome@home.com, weeteck@eecs.umich.edu, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: very slow scsi performance In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:48:57 PST." <199802190448.UAA15764@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 23:06:24 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > * Many recent Seagate drives are okay, but when I have the choice, I pick > * IBM over Seagate. This has as much to do with reliability as with how > * well behaved SCSI protocol wise, the IBM drives are. Their firmware is > * rock solid and their reliability numbers leave Seagate in the dust. > >I don't know about that. The IBM DCHS ("Scorpion") drives have been >nothing but problems for us, and need a lot of schmoozing to get them >to work under pressure without locking up. (And I'm sure you know >that too, because it's you who helped me get them run. :) Haven't you been running "Beta" drives? Did you ever look into getting updated firmware or contacting technical support about the reset problems? >Satoshi -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message