>> hello,
>>
>> i personally have, as my primary drive, an IBM Deskstar 3.6gb. it's *fast*
>> for an eide drive. it was rated fastest by a major computing magazine,
>> although i forget which one. it definitely lives up to the billing. they
>> run about $250 new from several outlets (insight, pc
On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
hello,
i personally have, as my primary drive, an IBM Deskstar 3.6gb. it's *fast*
for an eide drive. it was rated fastest by a major computing magazine,
although i forget which one. it definitely lives up to the billing. they
run about $250 new from sev
On Sat, Oct 11, 1997 at 08:38:23PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
> > I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
>
> I have several (3) old Caviar drives. One is a 170 meg and the other
> two are
Frank Sergeant wrote:
> Do you mean they spin 24/7, that they do not power down
> after a period of inactivity?
Yes.
> I have been wondering whether
> letting the drives power down (as mine do at the moment) or
> having them not power down is better for their longevity.
Good question. I sup
On 11-Oct-97 Frank Sergeant wrote:
> Do you mean they spin 24/7, that they do not power down
>after a period of inactivity? I have been wondering whether
>letting the drives power down (as mine do at the moment) or
>having them not power down is better for their longevity.
>Also, whether runn
I build with all quantums now. They run good, fast and usually seems to be a
good
deal cooler then a seagate counter part.
The main deciding factor is they have quick warranty turn. Seagates policy is
CRAP! In the last 9 months I've used about 30 SCSI and IDE Fireballs, and half
dozen 4gb atla
> Simon Karpen wrote:
> Looking around, I notice I have a lot of WD drives:
>
> 4GB, 4 months old
> 1.6GB, 1 year old *
> 1.6GB, 2.5 years old
> 800MB, approx 4 years old (got second hand)
> 200MB, 5 years old
>
> * This drive isn't on 24/7. All the rest are, and most have been for their
> entir
> WD is the only brand that I have seen go belly-up without warning. I am told
> that WD has recognized the problem and has applied fixes.
The only drive I've lost was a WD one. But I have plenty of other WD drives
that haven't given me any grief. I've had no problems with my Quantum
drives ei
Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
>
> I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
I have several (3) old Caviar drives. One is a 170 meg and the other
two are 540 meg. One is six years old; the other, probably about 5;
and the t
On 11-Oct-97 Simon Karpen wrote:
>Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
>
>I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
>
I replaced a WD last weekend. I have Maxtor, Quantum and Samsung in my systems
currently. The oldest is a used 300MB Maxtor that has to be at least 5 years
Simon Karpen wrote:
> Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
> I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
How recent?
Looking around, I notice I have a lot of WD drives:
4GB, 4 months old
1.6GB, 1 year old *
1.6GB, 2.5 years old
800MB, approx 4 years old (got second hand)
200M
I have had bad and good luck with conner IDE, actually; a CFA series 528MB
drive that's 3yr old and still going strong, but a CFS series (slower,
cheaper) 850 that died after about a year.
RPI ACM (not speaking for them) has had a relatively recent (18mo old?)
Conner 2GB SCSI drive have problems t
Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
--Simon
On 10 Oct 1997, John Goerzen wrote:
> I've had nothing but good luck with Seagate and Western Digital.
> Conner, I agree has horrible problems.
>
> Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writ
Although I don't have a 4GB one, I have had good luck with the smaller Quantum
Fireball IDE drives. My Western Digital drives have had squeaky bearings right
out of the box. Although some have reported problems with them, my Conner SCSI
drive has been OK, and I think I have a Conner IDE that's OK t
I've had nothing but good luck with Seagate and Western Digital.
Conner, I agree has horrible problems.
Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB,
> Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but
> see
On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 07:41:28PM -0400, Tommy Lakofski wrote:
>
> I'm using a Seagate 2GB 5400rpm now... hopefully a slow drive won't run
> too hot and kill the bearings... I think if you keep a drive cool it'll
> have a better chance at longevity.
The notice that came with my 7200 rpm Fujitsu
On 09 Sep 1997 15:07:41 -0700, Terrence Brannon wrote:
>The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
>that has been posted as well.
>
>
>We would like a SCSI 4GB hard disk to connect to our PC running Debian
>Linux 1.3. We may occassionally want to connect it to our Alpha's running
>Redh
On Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:41:28 -0400 (EDT), Tommy Lakofski wrote:
>Unfortunately, my experience is somewhat different -- I've had a Quantum
>Grand Prix 4.3GB die on me (dead spindle) after 10 months (and my office
The Grand Prix was a well know peice of shit, and is no longer made. They
replaced it
Terrence Brannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We would like a SCSI 4GB hard disk to connect to our PC running Debian
> Linux 1.3. We may occassionally want to connect it to our Alpha's running
> Redhat Alpha 4.0.
>
> We want reliability first. Then cost second.
I've had really good luck with t
er than software mirroring.
TL
On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Simon Karpen wrote:
> From: Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:26:56 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive
>
> Right now, my perso
Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB,
Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but
seems to be very solid. I've never had any real problems with Quantum drives,
but I can say to stay away from any form of Conner/Seagate/Western Digital
dri
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted as well.
We would like a SCSI 4GB hard disk to connect to our PC running Debian
Linux 1.3. We may occassionally want to connect it to our Alpha's running
Redhat Alpha 4.0.
We want reliability first. Then cost second.
T
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