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In article <46j2r1$bh4@ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>,
grasser <grasser@srmc.com> wrote:
>In article <46hj2p$r6t@azure.acsu.buffalo.edu>, vp24njcb@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu says...
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>>In article <46hcd8$t18@elaine16.Stanford.EDU>, kla@leland.Stanford.EDU (Earl Mitchell) writes:
>>>
>>>I'm looking for good reliable 4GB SCSI drive for my PC.
>>>What should I go for the Seagate Barracuda or Quantum Grand PRix?
>>>The Quantums appear significantly cheaper but are they better
>>>or as good as the Seagates? Better meaning more reliable.
>
>
>lately i've been reccomending the Fujitsu or the Conner
>the Fujitsu has the new MR heads & is a little cheaper and
>the Conner is a little faster

Yeah, on reads, I'd believe that.  The Conner can read at nearly 7MB/sec 
off the _slow_ edge of the disk.  But its write performance is abysmal, 
and units are still working their way through distribution which have 
tremendous stiction problems and often need to whacked really hard 
before they'll spin up.

I would not recommend the Conner.  In the same price range, I'd 
recommend the Quantum Grand Prix.  I am stuck with 50 of the Conners in a 
critical application, and believe you me, I know a lot more about them 
than I'd like to.

Early Fujitsu MR drives had a lot of problems.  They probably do have 
them licked by now.  But if you don't mind that it's loud as the Last 
Trump, the Quantum can't be beat.  And its Atlas high-performance brother 
is simply the very best.
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Thor Lancelot Simon                                               tls@cloud9.net
 
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