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From: Andi Baritchi <andi@airmail.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI hard drive for BSD system
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 16:53:27 -0500
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To: Tushar Patel <tpatel@austin.ibm.com>
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Tushar Patel wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just had bad experience with segate drive. so, before I buy new
> drive I want to hear from you.
> 
> How are the following drives:
> 
> QUANTUM FIREBALL 1280S 630C
>         LPS340S 020B
> 
> 
> Please make suggestions.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tushar

I would stay away from Quanum drives in general.  I have had too much
trouble with their high end drives (4GB Grand Prix's and Atlases).  I
don't know about the fireballs, but they're probably just smaller,
cheaper, and lower quality versions of their big brohters.  I use
Seagate Barracudas exclusively and they're great.  I too know about
seagate's bad reputation in the past, but the cudas are top-notch (I'm
not really familiar with their low-end drives either, though).  If
you've got the money to get Barracudas (and the 2GB's aren't worth it:
$750 for ST32550N (2GB FastSCSI-2), $950 for ST15150N (4GB FastSCSI-2).  

Who knows, the Quantums might be good!  But I wouldn't risk it.  I've
never had a bad Barracuda, and I've used many.  But I've had MANY bad
Quantums (out of MANY + 1).  

Just my $.02 (or $.03 in some areas),

Andi Baritchi
andi@airmail.net