[SLE] Advice on Seagate 30Gb hard-drive
Hi all, I have just had a Seagate 30Gb IDE high rpm drive go down after only 4 weeks of service. It eventually just failed to even wind up in speed - and the BIOS could not even find it. The machine is a 850MHz AMD cpu - ASUS K7 motherboard - 750Mb ram machine. I am looking to replace this with a superior drive of 30Gb, or larger - but need both reliability and speed. Can anyone advise me on similar IBM, Western Digital etc...? Is SCSI preferable to IDE from a reliability & speed point-of-view? Since my machine is down, I would rather pay a little extra for a reliable drive. Any comments? Best regards, Des Aubery... (East London, E.Cape, South Africa) -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Des Aubery wrote:
Hi all,
I have just had a Seagate 30Gb IDE high rpm drive go down after only 4 weeks of service. It eventually just failed to even wind up in speed - and the BIOS could not even find it. The machine is a 850MHz AMD cpu - ASUS K7 motherboard - 750Mb ram machine.
I am looking to replace this with a superior drive of 30Gb, or larger - but need both reliability and speed.
Can anyone advise me on similar IBM, Western Digital etc...?
Is SCSI preferable to IDE from a reliability & speed point-of-view?
Since my machine is down, I would rather pay a little extra for a reliable drive.
Any comments?
Best regards,
Des Aubery... (East London, E.Cape, South Africa)
I have used Seagate drives for years with no problems. I think you should get a free replacement under warranty -- yours is probably a "one-off" dud. Modern UDMA66 IDE drives are as fast as many SCSI drives, and much cheaper, though SCSI is much better if you have to do multiple simultaneous transfers (eg server use) -- Never trust a man in a suit -- cll -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Modern UDMA66 IDE drives are as fast as many SCSI drives, and much cheaper, though SCSI is much better if you have to do multiple simultaneous transfers (eg server use) That's not necessary true because the 66MBps that IDE drives achieves are burst rate. They do not do 66MBps constant, but like someone fires a bullet, the bullet goes 66MBps initially then it will slow down until
the next bullet is fired. SCSI is sustained rate, take SCSI-2 for example, it has 20MBps sustained. Nevertheless you are right about the multiple transfer and server use. Calyth -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Hi All & Des Aubery, who wrote: <snip>
I have just had a Seagate 30Gb IDE high rpm drive go down after only 4 weeks of service. It eventually just failed to even wind up in speed - and the BIOS could not even find it. The machine is a 850MHz AMD cpu - ASUS K7 motherboard - 750Mb ram machine.
I am looking to replace this with a superior drive of 30Gb, or larger - but need both reliability and speed.
Can anyone advise me on similar IBM, Western Digital etc...?
Is SCSI preferable to IDE from a reliability & speed point-of-view?
Since my machine is down, I would rather pay a little extra for a reliable drive.
<snip> Seagate drives have about a three year warrenty-take it back where you got it from & they will replace it! My 20 gig Seagate @ 7200 is a honey! :-) But I wish it was 30 .... ;-) If you wanna another point of view, check out the article @ http://sysdoc.pair.com/ Tom's Hardware Guide, compares six 7200 rpm drives & the Seagate is the best! *BFN* Greek Geek :-) I'm not your type. I'm not inflatable. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Hi Bobby, Thanks for your reply - Tom's hardware is a good site - good link. I see that the new 30Gb Seagate was found to run hot, and has vibration issues. Are there similar sites using Linux as the OS? It would be great to see similar tests performed under Linux. I have, in the meantime, gone for a swop-out to a new 30Gb IBM IDE drive - speed same. Now, I wonder if anyone has tested this drive??? Best regards, Des Aubery... Greek Geek wrote:
Hi All & Des Aubery,
who wrote:
<snip>
I have just had a Seagate 30Gb IDE high rpm drive go down after only 4 weeks of service. It eventually just failed to even wind up in speed - and the BIOS could not even find it. The machine is a 850MHz AMD cpu - ASUS K7 motherboard - 750Mb ram machine.
I am looking to replace this with a superior drive of 30Gb, or larger - but need both reliability and speed.
Can anyone advise me on similar IBM, Western Digital etc...?
Is SCSI preferable to IDE from a reliability & speed point-of-view?
Since my machine is down, I would rather pay a little extra for a reliable drive.
<snip>
Seagate drives have about a three year warrenty-take it back where you got it from & they will replace it!
My 20 gig Seagate @ 7200 is a honey! :-)
But I wish it was 30 .... ;-)
If you wanna another point of view, check out the article @
Tom's Hardware Guide, compares six 7200 rpm drives & the Seagate is the best!
*BFN*
Greek Geek :-)
I'm not your type. I'm not inflatable.
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Des Aubery wrote:
Hi Bobby,
Thanks for your reply - Tom's hardware is a good site - good link.
I see that the new 30Gb Seagate was found to run hot, and has vibration issues.
Are there similar sites using Linux as the OS? It would be great to see similar tests performed under Linux.
I have, in the meantime, gone for a swop-out to a new 30Gb IBM IDE drive - speed same. Now, I wonder if anyone has tested this drive???
A have received advice that these high rpm (7200 rpm and above) drives need to be cooled down. There are special HD fans. Recent servers from Compaq for example have a big fan that cools the the internals and pulls in the cool air from slits in between the HD mounts so they get cooled. BB, Arjen -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
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