Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 01:32:52 +0000 () From: Leo Papandreou <leo@lisa.rur.com> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu>, gary@palmer.demon.co.uk, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, john@zyqad.co.uk, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade to my machine Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950813012556.17681A-100000@lisa.rur.com> In-Reply-To: <199508122028.NAA06843@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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On Sat, 12 Aug 1995, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > _The_ 9G drive to have is the Micropolis 1991. Quantum does not > make a drive in this capacity (or didn't as of my last product brief > update 4 weeks ago) and I wouldn't trust 9G of data to Seagates version > of the 9G drive. [About the only Seagate I will even sell right now is > the Hawk series as it has shown to be one of Seagates good drive lines] I have a Hawk and a Barracuda and recommend them both with the following proviso: The Barracuda runs very hot. I have it mounted in a server case containing 3 fans (5 if you count the power supply and CPU.) One of the fans blows directly across it. Still warm to the touch but not worth getting paranoid over. Performance wise it rocks.
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