Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:08:53 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_C=2E_Sm=F8rgrav_?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no> Cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ahc & CAM: strange diagnostic Message-ID: <19980930170853.A26485@Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <199809302231.PAA03681@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 03:31:08PM -0700 References: <xzp7lyliwcy.fsf@grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no> <199809302231.PAA03681@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 03:31:08PM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > One more argument in favor of IBM disks is that they reputedly run > > cooler and quieter than Quantum or Seagate disks. > > I can't speak for the 7200 and 10000rpm IBM disks, as I have never been > able to source them when I've been considering them. I can say that > IBM go to considerable lengths to make their cooling data available > (see the product pages for their drives), and they do appear to be > comparable if not somewhat better than the competition. > > OTOH, we have been running a 9GB Seagate Cheetah in Freefall holding > the CVS repository, and despite being far and away the busiest disk in > the system it has kept its cool quite well. I just replaced a Barracuda 9GB disk with an IBM 18G and the drive is very much cooler. I will put some IBM 10K 9G in later tonight. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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