Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Sorry for this non-Debian related post... > > My office Seagate Barracuda ultra-SCSI 4.3GB is full, and I need to get > another disk. Does anyone know the Seagate Ultra-SCSI Medalist Pro? > > I got these prices in Canadian currency (currently about CND$1.50 = US$1) At > shopper.com and pricewatch.com they have the 9.1GB 1MB cache U2W 10,000RPM > cheetah, fastest disk on the planet, for around $675 US. It will work with a > standard UW controller as long as you have a cable with an active terminator. > If you don't have such a cable you could probably get the terminator for > another $20 or so.
> > ST34520N MEDALIST PRO 4.55GB SCSI ULTRA, 3.5LP 9.5MS 7200RPM $333 > ST36530N MEDALIST PRO 6.5GB ULTRA SCSI, 3.5LP 11MS 7200RPM *MC=20* $588 > ST39140WC MEDALIST PRO 9.10GB SCSI ULTRA, SCA 9.5MS 7200RPM *MC=20* $782 > > ST34572N BARRACUDA 4.55GB SCSI ULTRA, 3.5LP 8.8/9.8MS 7200RPM*MSTR CRT=10 $703 > ST34572WC BARRACUDA 4.55GB SCSI ULTRA 4XL, 8.8/9.8MS 7200RPM *MSTR CRT=20* > $748 > ST39173N BARRACUDA 9.1GB ULTRA SCSI, 3.5HH 8MS 7200RPM *MC=10* $947 > > I like the Barracuda, but it's only worthwhile in 9.1GB format right now, > and you should never buy much bigger than you need for disks (prices drop > so fast). > > They're both 7200 rpm disks, both with 4.17 ms Average Latency. The > tract-to-track seek is 0.8 ms on the Barracuda and 2.5 ms on the Medalist > Pro. Perhaps that makes it *feel* faster? > > Any owners out there? > > BTW, this is what I get on the Barracuda: > > # hdparm -tT /dev/sda3 > > /dev/sda3: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 64 MB in 1.89 seconds =33.86 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 32 MB in 3.53 seconds = 9.07 MB/sec > > -- > Peter Galbraith, research scientist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada > P.O. Box 1000, Mont-Joli Qc, G5H 3Z4 Canada. 418-775-0852 FAX: 775-0546 > 6623'rd Linux user at the Linux Counter -- http://counter.li.org/ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
