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     I've had good results with Seagate Barracuda drives.  They're 4.3GB, 
7200 rpm, scsi II wide connector.

Howard Breitbart <hbreit@mci.newscorp.com> writes:

>     I've had good results with Seagate Barracuda drives.  They're 4.3GB, 
>7200 rpm, scsi II wide connector.

I'll second that!  And stay away from Micropolis, they are having big
problems right now.
Joe

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Joe Konecny - jkonecn@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio, USA
        
 Hell won't be so bad... all my friends will be there!   

In <jkonecn.823410360@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu>, jkonecn@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu (Joe Konecny) writes:
>Howard Breitbart <hbreit@mci.newscorp.com> writes:
>
>>     I've had good results with Seagate Barracuda drives.  They're 4.3GB, 
>>7200 rpm, scsi II wide connector.
>
>I'll second that!  And stay away from Micropolis, they are having big
>problems right now.
>Joe
>
>-- 
>Joe Konecny - jkonecn@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu
>Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio, USA
>        
> Hell won't be so bad... all my friends will be there!   

  Although I've heard about Micropolis having problems, mine is doing fine.
There are those of us who have had no problems.  My personal choice is
Baracuda or the IBM line if you truely prefer quality (and have a deep
pocketbook).

Doug Hubbard <doug@axcis.com> writes:

>Hello all,
>I am currently using the Quantum Grand Prix 4GB SCSI Drve, however in light of 
>Quantum saying they are getting out of the High end drive business I'd like to get 
>some reccomendations for a fast reliable 4GB drive to take it's place. 

Quantum is not getting out of the high end drive business. If their 
recent announcements are taken to mean this then it also means they are 
out of the drive business totally!

In reality, Quantum has wisely decided to let their long time partner and 
manufacturing giant MKE do the manufacturing of their high end drives as 
well. The end result of this should be more high quality drives that cost 
less and shipping in larger quantities as compared to the present 
(former?) Quantum Milpitas based manufacturing facility.  Perhaps they 
should have done this in 1988 but that is another issue.



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larued@crpl.cedar-rapids.lib.ia.us wrote:
> 
> In <jkonecn.823410360@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu>, jkonecn@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu (Joe Konecny) writes:
> >Howard Breitbart <hbreit@mci.newscorp.com> writes:
> >
> >>     I've had good results with Seagate Barracuda drives.  They're 4.3GB,
> >>7200 rpm, scsi II wide connector.
> >
> >I'll second that!  And stay away from Micropolis, they are having big
> >problems right now.
> >Joe
> >
> >--
> >Joe Konecny - jkonecn@bgsuvax.bgsu.edu
> >Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio, USA
> >
> > Hell won't be so bad... all my friends will be there!
> 
>   Although I've heard about Micropolis having problems, mine is doing fine.
> There are those of us who have had no problems.  My personal choice is
> Baracuda or the IBM line if you truely prefer quality (and have a deep
> pocketbook).

I would second the advice about skipping on Microp. We installed about 
10 in a 2 month period, and now we don't know what to do. We sent them 
back to micropolis who replaced them for free with drives with a newer 
firmware to no avail...they still whine REAL LOUD, and i have one that 
sounds like it's going to explode and kill me.  These are all brand new 
drives with less than 1000 hours of use on them.

According to the scuttlebutt, it's not the firmware.  They are reputed 
to have used the wrong lubricating grease during a 6-month period (that 
translates to a LOT of drives).  If your drives seem to be problematic, 
they probably are, and they're most likely to get worse.  

It's a shame, too.  We've used their drives and never had any problems. 
 Their tech support was always excellent.  They had the disktab entry 
for HP-UX sitting on my fax machine in 5 minutes, something I never got 
from Seagate for the Barracudas that we use.
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The Barracudas are great, just watch the temperature (7200).
These drives should not be internal unless you install a good fan
blowing across the drives.
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Tony Primavera (ECCS Inc. Senior Consultant)
PHONE: (334) 361-7806 FAX:(334) 361-4059
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