Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:25:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gopakumar H Pillai <gopu@global.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Seagate SCSI 18GB Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980420202443.17940L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <353BDD89.361D05FD@global.com>
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On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Gopakumar H Pillai wrote: > Was planning to set up a low cost file server. Searched a lot for some > reviews about 18GB hard disks. Couldn't find any. So looks like, I am > going for 2 9GB Cheetah hard disks form Seagate Technology, 10,000 RPM. hope that works out, a fileserver tends to get lots of random seeks. Make sure you pick up an extra fan too -- 10,000rpm drives get HOT! > > > I am planning to buy Seagate SCSI 18GB ST118273N for our FreeBSD 2.2.5 > > > Server. The SCSI controller is the Buslogic PCI BT-948 Ultra Fast. > > > > What are you planning on putting on this disk? If it's anything but > > archival (ie, infrequently used) storage your thruput to it will be > > horrendous. I'd suggest a 4x4GB disk array striped with ccd or driven by a > > DPT SCSI controller. This way you can have 4 seeks running simultaneously > > instead of one. > > > > > Is this a right choice? Looking at the price performance ratio, this was > > > good. Any different opinion? > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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