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Date:      Sun, 7 Apr 1996 15:26:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
To:        chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
Cc:        FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: New drives
Message-ID:  <199604072226.PAA08503@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960407173551.1819B-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> from "Chuck Robey" at Apr 7, 96 05:43:02 pm

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Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> It's time to bring out the checkbook and do some upgrading.  I looked in 
> the computer shopper, and there's some good deals on Fujitsu drives, so I 
> though I might pick up a 2 G model.  I know they carry a 5 year warranty, 
> I was wondering if anyone knows anthing too negative about them?

	can't respond to the 2GB model, but if its anything like
	the 1GB model, its a very sweet drive.  cool, quiet, fast,
	reliable (the data set here is two drives ;)

(ncr0:1:0): "FUJITSU M1606S-512 6220" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd1(ncr0:1:0): Direct-Access 
sd1(ncr0:1:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
1041MB (2131992 512 byte sectors)

and

(ncr1:6:0): "FUJITSU M1606S-512 6234" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd2(ncr1:6:0): Direct-Access 
sd2(ncr1:6:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8.
1041MB (2131992 512 byte sectors)

              -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random--
              -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks---
Aspen      MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU  /sec %CPU
fujitsu   100   510 99.3  1892 14.4  1301 24.7   458 99.8  3873 39.1  58.0  6.1
     (1)  100   649 95.1  2389 22.7  1374 29.9   777 95.7  4073 51.2  55.8  6.2
dec       100   508 99.2  1533 10.8  1100 19.1   458 99.8  2921 26.9  53.6  5.6
barracuda 100   670 98.5  2691 27.3  1701 37.8   797 98.5  5097 63.1  85.0 10.0

(1) outermost tracks of the drive to a newly newfs'ed partition

the dec is a "DEC DSP3053LS X442" FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec)
the barracuda is a "SEAGATE ST12550N 0014" FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec)


Jonathan M. Bresler           FreeBSD Postmaster             jmb@FreeBSD.ORG
FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/



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