Re: Seagate Elite-9: should I?

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From: Kevin Reynolds
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 1995 13:15

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> Hi folks,
> 
> I thought I'd ask the collected wisdom of the net: are the Seagate Elite-9
> drives (5 1/4", full-height) reliable?
Robert,

We bought two Elite-9s last fall for my Indigo**2.  There was about a
three week delay in delivery, but well worth it since there was a hold
on the first production run (they said the initial run had mucho
problems).  Ours were manufactured in the second run (whatever that 
means).

As far as performance, I run them striped on the same SCSI-2 fast 
channel, and they run really good!  I have not had a single problem
with these drives.  When you can get drives that can store this much
this cheaply, why bother with optical?

IMHO & FWIW, I would look into the newer 5 1/4, but take your time and
wait for a couple of production runs, or just pick up a couple of the 
9s -- they appear to have been stable for almost a year.  Examine thy
timetable and make thy decision...

Normal disclaimers apply, don't have any connections, etc.

Kevin (-:

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