Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 18:34:39 -0500 (EST) From: Leo Papandreou <leo@rur.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: No Thumbs??? (lack of concensus) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951202181601.18091A-100000@lisa.rur.com> In-Reply-To: <199512022234.QAA04763@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Joe Greco wrote:
> > > I've been chasing down specs in the hopes of predicting how hot these
> > > guys run. Unfortunately, there seems to be little correlation between
> > > Pd and reported case temperatures (and I note that the 3243 I was chasing
> > > seems to be one of the nastiest wrt Pd!).
> >
> > Well, you could always try the Quantum Grand Prix drives - I've heard
> > that the newest generation are considerably more reliable, and not
> > quite so hot as the 'cudas.
>
> That may be, but I'm still leery of Quantum given their past history of
> reliability ("NOT"). The Barracudas run great IFF you put a fan on them.
> That means, even when mounted in a PC case, I leave space above and below,
> try to make an airflow path:
>
I did that. I went to the trouble of buying a very heavy duty server
case with all sorts of fans and airflow and a humongous 400W power
supply. I mounted the Barracuda vertically, directly in front of one
of the fans. Barely warm to the touch.
It went south on me.
I'm getting it checked out because I never backed it up and because
I have reason to believe that the heads are intact, that the failure
was electronic.
Still, where there's smoke, there's fire. It seems to me that these
drives have been the subject of too much negative noise to warrant
consideration.
The Quantum Atlas II's look very nice.
/Leo
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