Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 18:46:09 -0400 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: building RAID systems Message-ID: <33DA7E31.15FB7483@idt.net> References: <199707231511.KAA06339@compound.east.sun.com> <199707231558.BAA09859@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> <199707231711.MAA06690@compound.east.sun.com>
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Tony Kimball wrote: > > Quoth Michael Smith on Thu, 24 July: > : Tony Kimball stands accused of saying: > : > > : > I wish. SCSI is hopeless these days. About 3-5x the price > : > of IDE. > : > : Actually, you should go back and look at what SCSI drive prices are > : doing at the moment. I can get a 5400 RPM 4GB ultra scsi IBM disk for > : less than 30% more than the corresponding IDE model. IBM's pricing is > : pretty keen at the moment. > > This 'corresponding IDE model' argument has been used before. I find > it utterly specious. There is no SCSI model which corresponds to the > IDE disk drives I actually buy. I know that can buy a 6.4G 3.5" > Seagate for ~$350. The closest match I know in SCSI is a Micropolis > 8.7G for $1300. That's one big gap. If you know of a 3.5" SCSI drive > offering >5G which is competetive in price with the Seagate drive, I'd > like to know, because I'd like to buy it. If you're in the US (sorry Mike), I see in Dirt Cheap Drives' latest ad (August 97) that they have the Quantum FB36480S (6448MB, 5400 RPM, 10ms) SCSI drive for only US$565. That's a much smaller gap, and a pretty tempting price. Anyone have anything bad (or good) to say about this particular drive? Gary Corcoran
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