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Re: Micropolis drives
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey B. Siegal)
Tue Feb 3 08:59:27 1998
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 05:55:52 -0800
From: "Jeffrey B. Siegal" <jbs@quiotix.com>
To: Dave Wreski <dave@nic.com>
CC: linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
Onsale often mixes up the desciptions of the items. If possible, you should
try to find out the specifications of the particular model. If it is really
Ultra-Wide, then that's 40MB/sec. Ultra or Wide is 20MB/sec. In reality you
don't need Ultra-Wide unless you're planning to use more than 2 drives
simultaneously. Even 7200 rpm drives are rarely faster than 10MB/sec.
If the description says Ultra-Wide and you don't get an Ultra-Wide drive you
can always return it.
You might also look at the 9GB IBM drives. They're Wide (not Ultra) and about
$500 but they come with a 5 year warranty from a real company that's still in
business.
---
Dave Wreski wrote:
> Hi all. I'm thinking about bidding on a few of the Micropolis drives
> available at onsale.com. I'm aware there could be a problem with
> warranty, but I wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise..
>
> Anyway, its a 4.55G UW drive, model 4345WS, Tomahawk 4LP. My question is
> that it states the 'synchronous transfer rate' is 20Mbs. They also say
> the transfer rate is 40Mbs. Can someone explain the disparity here?
>
> Are there problems with the Tomahawks that I should know about? Perhaps I
> should just save my pennies and get a new Seagate instead?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
