On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Herbert Wengatz 42850 wrote:
>
> Best: That's a matter of taste and luck. I've had in almost any case good and
> bad experiences with almost every HD-manufacturer. Though IBM, Seagate and Fujitsu
> should be the best, IMHO. Go and fetch a disk with 5 Years warranty. Fujitsu
> offers a "no comment" warranty for 5 years. If you have any troubles, just
> send it to them. But I guess, this goes for the others also, meanwhile.
I'd be (actually, I am:-) a bit wary of the new extra big IBM's. I got
one a short time ago with very high hopes only to find that they are
VERY sensitive to termination issues -- they can fail even if
termination is set right -- and that they are also timing sensitive
enough that they like to be the first drive on the UW chain. A problem
if you have more than one. Documentation is also not particularly
inspiring.
Now I stick to Seagate Cheetahs (high end) and barracudas (where I don't
need 10K rpm seek times).
rgb
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