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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!eru.mt.luth.se!news.algonet.se!eua.ericsson.se!cnn.exu.ericsson.se!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!nntp.primenet.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!skypoint.com!cliff From: cliff@skypoint.com (Paul Schmidt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI hard drive for BSD system Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 24 Sep 1996 17:02:13 GMT Organization: SkyPoint Communications, Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <52946l$27@stratus.skypoint.net> References: <324703FC.41C6@austin.ibm.com> <324706D7.EA8@airmail.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mirage.skypoint.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4966 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27890 Andi Baritchi (andi@airmail.net) wrote: : 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). I can't really directly answer the above question either, but I'll echo the sentiments that the Barracudas are great drives. The only thing that you might want to watch out for if you get the Barracudas though is that they tend to run a little hot, so you probably want to stick them in an enclosure with decent circulation instead of using them as an internal drive.