Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 23:06:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: BRiGHTMN <brightmn@a-v25.rh.sunyit.edu>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sd0 timed out while idle Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970710230325.25974O-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199707110520.OAA22603@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Fri, 11 Jul 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > BRiGHTMN stands accused of saying: > > > > umm i'm looking into buying a Quantum bigfoot 6.4gig for personal use > > bad idea? > > Ugh. The Bigfoots are _crap_. Or, more to the point, they're > designed for the low end of the Windows market. Not only that, they are SLOW. Very low rotational speed (3500 rpm I believe!) gives you poor sequentional io, and a really big disk platter (5 1/4 profile) gives you poor random access. > If you want a 6G disk, look at the new high-end IDE quantums, or the > 6G Seagate. You may even find that buying two 3G disks is close to > cost-effective, in which case the IBM DAQA-33240 is an excellent deal. Can't comment. Ever heard of a 7200rpm IDE disk? > -- > ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ > ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ > ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ > ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > > Tom
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