Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:49:47 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger MCSNet) Cc: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thumbs up? Or down?? (disk recommend) Message-ID: <199511291649.KAA14448@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <m0tKna3-000IDUC@venus.mcs.com> from "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" at Nov 29, 95 08:33:51 am
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> We have a zero failure rate on the Seagate Hawks; not quite as fast > (5400rpm) but very stable and great seek times (sub 10ms). > > The 4.2G drives are relatively inexpensive to boot. We like 'em here. I would generally agree that these are reliable workhorse drives, and the prices currently appear to be substantially cheaper than the Barracudas. NOTE: Check the mailing list archives for mention of these drives. They are red flagged in my memory for some controller compatibility issue, I believe, so you will want to watch out for some particular combination of controller and drive.. However, the units that I've seen and/or used have been solid disks. It's just that most of the things I do are news related and so I'm a performance freak... :-) I'd rather have an 8ms drive than a 9ms drive. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847
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