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From: begonia@serv.net (Sonja Jo Krenz-Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI hard drive for BSD system
Date: 17 Oct 1996 12:28:12 -0700
Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA
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In article <a107cc$d1316.296@news.goldengate.net>,
Mury <mury@goldengate.net> wrote:
>begonia@serv.net (Sonja Jo Krenz-Bush) wrote:
>>We just a "Connor" Barracuda 4.0GB, since Seagate 4.0GB Barracudas are
>>nowhere to be found.  Supposedly it is Connor parts and Seagate
>>electronics.  We'll see how it does.

>I would never use a Barracuda in a News Server.  They run way too hot.
>Buy the cheaper Hawk for a News Server.  It won't burn out like the
>"better" Barracuda.

That's what fans are for.  Nothing like a fan blowing over the top of
your news server to keep it happy.  There is a distinct performance
difference between the Barracuda and the Hawk which is exactly why we
ARE using it in a news server.  Datapoint: The "Conner" Barracuda runs
considerably cooler than the "Seagate" Barracuda.

-- 
	    Sonja Jo Krenz-Bush  ServNet/Abstract Software
	 sjkb@abstractsoft.com   http://www.serv.net/~begonia
	 ``Just another one of the flock following the herd.''