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In <4fkhjg$30r@preeda.internex.net.au>, maddison@connexus.apana.org.au (David Maddison) writes:
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>I want to add an extra hard drive to my system.
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>I currently have a Promise 2300+ EIDE controller and a Western Digital 
>Caviar 420 MB hard disk. I want to add at least 1 GB, probably a 1.2 or a 
>1.6 GB unit. I was thinking of adding another WD mainly because I am 
>satisfied with the existing WD. I also want the hard disk to have excellent 
>reliability.
I use primarlliy WD drives when building machines and have had very good 
luck.  We had a bad string of 850MB drives but that's long past...  plus
their support was quick to replace them under warranty (well, not very 
quick in shipping, but quick to say "send it back for a new drive").

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>I would appreciate advice on what HD I should buy that would be most 
>compatible with my existing controller and HD and whether the Western 
>Digital 1.2 or 1.6 GB drives are any good? What other drives in this 
>class would you recommend.
Your much better off getting the WD1.6 vs the 1.2 because the 1.6Gb drive 
has a faster transfer rate.  Unscientific testing has revealed to me that 
the 1.2's are good for about 2.5MB/s transfer where the 1.6GB are good for 
close to 3.5MB/s transfer.  (This was done with SI's disk speed 
benchmark--thus the use of unscientific).  I'm pretty sure that the speed 
of the motor on the 1.6GB is faster.  Also the seek times are less.  For 
the difference in price your getting a lot more than .4GB!

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>Finally, I would like to know which Australian vendors you would 
>recommend for the HD.
Sorry, don't have a clue about that one.  Is there a good mail order 
house or warehouse nearby?  How about a local mom-n-pop place that's been 
around for a while?