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Date:      Wed, 18 Feb 1998 23:06:24 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com>
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 
Message-ID:  <199802190609.XAA18516@pluto.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Feb 1998 20:48:57 PST." <199802190448.UAA15764@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> 

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> * 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



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