Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 16:56:55 -0800 From: Deepwell Internet <freebsd@deepwell.com> To: Enno Davids <nconedd@mensa.national.com.au>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BackUp Drive Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19991103165506.00d02880@mail1.dcomm.net> In-Reply-To: <199911040052.LAA10840@mensa.national.com.au> References: <3820CC39.306DA8DC@inc.net>
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Also, computer components have reached a commodity level and people are replacing individual components at a much faster rate. 3 years is probably beyond what they estimate the life of a drive to be. At 11:52 AM 11/4/99 +1100, you wrote: >Its also my experience that avoiding new models/new technologies for 3-6 >months isn't an altogether bad strategy. So, while the new 50Gb Seagates >look nice, I'll wait till January before committing to them. > >Completely agree on the economy drive vs. quality drive argument too, >although when a 17Gb IDE Seagate can be had for ~A$200 it may be hard to >tell the difference. > >I too have seen the economy effect with most manufacturers though. It >seems a natural outcome of building to a price rather than building to a >level of performance. > > >Enno. > > >| Bill Vermillion wrote: >| > >| > On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 03:51:13PM +0300, Andrew Karjagin spewed forth: >| > >| > > First HDD Seagate worked two years and crash! Second HDD Seagate >| > > worked two years and crash! Now we buy Quantum (there can be >| > > better) and at us the problem has appeared with purchase of BackUp >| > > drive. We work with FreeBSD 2.2.6, in future plan to pass on >| > > FreeBSD 3.*. >| > >| > Seagate build drives that last and they build economy drives. >| > Same with Quantum. I've had low end drives from both fail in short >| > periods of time to drives that seem to last forver >| > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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