Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 02:46:42 +0200 From: "vagner" <george@vagner.com> To: "Bruce Burden" <brucegb@realtime.net> Cc: "Freebsd Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: offtopic fast hard drive Message-ID: <LPBBKFCBJMKMFLIMDPEJEECECEAA.george@vagner.com> In-Reply-To: <200006221543.KAA29009@sullivan.realtime.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BFDD86.6E478400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit thanks for the input, i decided to go with the Seagate ST318451LW drives, they seem to be the fastest thing out right now with 3.9ms access times. I also love seagate's policy for returning a bad drive just punch in the serial number and click get rma# ship it back where other companies want me to do a bunch of testing on the drive and then they say its good or bad. No 2 things can be the same, they cannot exist in the same space at the same time. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Burden [mailto:brucegb@realtime.net] Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 5:43 PM To: vagner Cc: Freebsd Questions Subject: Re: offtopic fast hard drive > I am looking for a suggestion for a hard drive > that will push my new aha-2940u2w to the limit. > As has been said, "a" disk probably won't do that... :-) > > i been looking at seagate barracuda's and IBM's > but they are so far in price difference i dont know > whay one is / is not superior to the other? > Hard to say. IBM and Seagate are definitely locked in a very competitive battle for SCSI supremacy. I have both on my system. > > can anyone really say which one is the fastest for my card? > I haven't measured them. I went with the Seagate 7200 LVD 9GB drive initially simply due to cost, but installed the IBM 18GB 10k LVD due to needing more room. The IBM is quieter on seeks, however... > > WD has some impressive pricing right now for a 18 gig > but why is it only half as much as a seagate? > Hmmm. Are you sure it is a SCSI driver? LVD? 10k RPM? Those are reasons for the cost being much lower. On the other hand, it seems the rotating media should be the same whether EIDE or SCSI, and the electronics shouldn't add that to the price, so I have felt SCSI disk prices have been artificially high simply because the markey will pay that price. Perhaps WD is attempting to break into the SCSI market in a big way? Oh, check the MTBF numbers to make sure WD's numbers are reasonably close to Seagate and IBM... Bruce ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BFDD86.6E478400 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="laszlo george vagner.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="laszlo george vagner.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:vagner;laszlo;george FN:laszlo george vagner ORG:Applied Mechanical;Equipment Services TITLE:Customer Service Engineer NOTE:Ham Radio Call Sign KF7NN TEL;CELL;VOICE:602-410-4197 TEL;HOME;FAX:602-410-1990 ADR;WORK;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:;;PMB 149=3D0D=3D0A13729 Research = Blvd.=3D0D=3D0ASuite 610;Austin;Texas;78750-1883;U=3D nited States of America LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:PMB 149=3D0D=3D0A13729 Research = Blvd.=3D0D=3D0ASuite 610=3D0D=3D0AAustin, Texas 78750-18=3D 83=3D0D=3D0AUnited States of America ADR;HOME:;;43923 N. 16th street;New River;Arizona;85087;United States of = America LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:43923 N. 16th street=3D0D=3D0ANew = River, Arizona 85087=3D0D=3D0AUnited States of Ame=3D rica URL:http://vagner.com URL:http://appliedmech.com EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:george@vagner.com REV:20000301T182751Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01BFDD86.6E478400-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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