Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:06:36 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: freebsd_daemon <free.bsd@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE hard disk recoms Message-ID: <40D07E1C.10102@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <5313.1087388971@www32.gmx.net> References: <5313.1087388971@www32.gmx.net>
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freebsd_daemon wrote: > does someone have some recommondations for IDE hard disks to use in a small > server? Sure. I'd pick up a 7200 RPM ATA drive with 8MB of cache, such as the Western Digital WD1200JB. Pick another size (40GB, 80GB, probably through 200GB) if you like. Seagate and Maxtor are also pretty good names; the former tends to be more expensive and higher performing, the latter are quiet, a little slow, but generally reliable and cheap. The IBM UltraStar models are quite good, whereas the DeskStars have dubious reliability, and Quantum made the term "stiction" famous more than a decade ago with the Q105 SCSI drives that wouldn't spin up, so I wouldn't rely on that vendor either. -- -Chuck
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