Matthew Dillon wrote: > :> etc... So apparently my warning about these drives in 'man tuning' is > :> still appropriate :-) > :> > :> -Matt > :> > :> :> > IBM DTLA drives are known to rotate fast enough near the spindle > :> :> > that the sustained write speed exceeds the ability of the controller > :> :> > electronics to keep up, and results in crap being written to disk. > : > : > :I would adssume it actually the tracks FURTHEREST from the spindle.. > > This is the first I've heard of the alleged controller electronics > performance problem. My understanding is that the failures are due > to manufacturing problems, but people have apparently experienced > software lockups as well. > > What is not in doubt is that there have been some severe problems with > this model.
Yes there are two problems. The physical failure problem seems to be mostly restricted to the 75GXP. However the electronics/bandwidth/ density/whatever-it-is problem is uniform across the entire DTLA line. We stopped using 75GXP's at work a while back, but we still regularly suffer from the electronics/bandwidth/whatever-it-is problem on 30G DTLA drives on a daily basis. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
