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Date:      Mon, 26 Aug 1996 12:16:31 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, amir@neuron.net, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, nirva@ishiboo.com
Subject:   Re: -current kills harddrives
Message-ID:  <199608261716.MAA00614@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
In-Reply-To: <3345.841075095@verdi.nethelp.no> from "sthaug@nethelp.no" at Aug 26, 96 05:58:15 pm

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> > I just looked at http://www.trimm.com/, VERY nice Web site, I like the level
> > of detail they provide  :-)
> > 
> > The Trinketbox looks substantially similar to JMR's Chico towers, we have
> > had bad experiences with these because when the fan goes: your drive cooks.
> > I like a minimum of two fans.  :-)
> 
> Sure, if you can afford it. I replaced another cabinet (for my Barracuda)
> with the Trinketbox, and it runs *much* cooler now. Also, a big local
> supplier here always recommends the Trinketbox for the 'cudas - and they
> do this from experience (those Barracudas run hot!)

Yes they do, too many people don't take that literally...  these fish fry!

I am just leery of anything with a single fan, as noted, because I've seen
disk cans like the Trinketbox become disk _ovens_ when they contain a Barra
and a bad fan.

> Btw, the Web page for the Trinketbox mentions 'the new 10000 RPM drives'.
> Anybody heard more details of these yet?

Nope...  but, curious.  I have noticed that the new Seagate Hawk 1GB drives
(31055N) can outperform the Barra 2G's (32550N) at some things, and I
believe the Hawk's are still 5400 RPM...  we are seeing technology move so
fast.

... JG



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