[rescue] argh, what did I do? (Onyx)

[Brian]

I have a 2 gig scsi barracuda that is by far the loudest drive I own.

	Bri


On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:

> I have 4 of the 23Gig and  1 of the 47Gig (both the same series).
>
> They are a bit load depending on your enclosure.
>
> They are no Barracuda or Cheetah, but if speed isn't your issue, they
> seem to be reliable enough.
>
> I'm currently only running two of the 23 Gig drives round the clock
> setup as a RAID mirror.
>
> Haven't had an ounce of trouble from them.
>
> Now, if you were running 4 or more of these they might get a little bit
> load depending on your enclosure and your environment.
>
> If your concerns are power, size, and noise, I'd recommend something else.
> If your concern is economy and you don't mind a bit more power consumption
> and noise (and consumed space :-) ) then these are great drives.
>
> As always YMMV,
>
>   -- Curt
>
>
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> >On Wednesday 15 January 2003 06:24 pm, Shawn Wallbridge wrote:
> >>
> >> Sounds nice. I have a similar setup using 2x23GB Elites (possibly more
> >> coming) and a few IDE drives for less important stuff.
> >>
> >
> >Aren't those the full-height 5 1/4" monsters?  What can you tell me about
> >them?  I hear the MTBF rating is like huge or something...
> >
> >My fsther grabbed a few of these in an auction a while back and has mixed
> >feelings about them.  I think they're rather loud.
> >
> >-E.
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