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From: phils@satori.tv.tek.com (Phil Staub)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: SCSI drive recommendation
Date: 10 Jul 1995 16:19:37 GMT
Organization: Tektronix TV Products
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This is an appeal to the collective wisdom of the readers of this group to
help me select a 1GB (or thereabouts) SCSI-2 drive to replace my Seagate
ST31200N, which died due to massive media errors over the weekend
after only 10 months of use. I bought the drive against my better
judgement, and it appears I should have listened to my instincts.
(Yes, I will be sending it in for warranty service, but I won't be
using it for critical data when I get it back.)

I'm looking at the Hard Drives International ad in the June Computer
Shopper, and the choices I seem to have are

	Seagate		(out for obvious reasons)
	Micropolis	(not considered due to no drive in the 1GB range)
	Fujitsu		I'm currently leaning toward this one
	Connor		Pretty small cache here. Performance?
	Quantum		Seems to be quite expensive for the class of
			  drive it is.
		
In that issue, there's an evaluation of 10 1GB drives (both EIDE and
SCSI) in which an HP drive is mentioned that looks
interesting. However, none of the ads in the mag have that particular
drive. Anyone know anything about that drive and/or where to find it?

I'm not particularly interested in stirring up a hornets' nest, so please
reply via e-mail. I'll collect responses and send a summary to anyone
who is interested. (Unless otherwise requested, I *will* identify the
source of comments.)

Thanks, 
Phil
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