Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 22:16:28 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Which 160-180 GB ATA disk is reliable and fast ? Message-ID: <20030615201628.GA2120@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org>
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My current Seagate Disk has severe unrecoverable read errors. ad0: 76319MB <ST380021A> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 Jun 14 22:11:22 titan kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: ATAPI 00 00 Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: ATA 01 a5 Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: success setting UDMA33 on VIA 82C686A chip Jun 14 22:11:25 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40 Jun 15 03:01:57 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40 Jun 15 20:40:46 titan kernel: ad0: 76319MB <ST380021A> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 Jun 15 20:40:46 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40 Before using this Seagate Drive I had severe problems with 40GB IBM and Maxtor drives. They all worked for about 1/2-1 year and then failed quickly :-/ I have to look for another drive now, but which one ? Do you have perhaps some background informations concerning the one or other drive ? IBM IC35L180AVV207 185,2 GB 8,5/8192/7200 U-100 IDE 184.00 EUR Deskstar 180 GXP Maxtor 6Y160P0 160,0 GB 9,4/8192/7200 U-133 IDE 164.00 EUR DiamondMax Plus 9 Seagate ST3160023A 160,0 GB 8,5/8192/7200 U-100 IDE 189.00 EUR Barracuda 7200.7 W.Digit WD1600JB 160,0 GB 8,9/8192/7200 U-100 IDE 189.00 EUR Caviar Special Edition In this link you'll see that the Seagate disk has a bad write performance compared to other drives like the IBM 180 GXP. http://www.ixbt-labs.com/articles2/seagate-barr7/ I'll connect the drive to my on-board ATA interface which is only capable of UDMA-66. The drive should be in the 1st place reliable (don't want to replace my drives on a 6-12 month cycle anymore) and performance is also a matter. What's your recommendation ?? Thanks Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/
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