On 8/10/05, Unix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dmitry Mityugov wrote: > > >On 8/10/05, Unix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >... > > > > > >>I thought the WD Raptors were supposed to replace the SCSI for that > >>purpose. I used to run one in a Powermac and performance wise it behaved > >>very well, unfortunately I haven't had the chance to test the 30 or 70 > >>GB WD Raptor SATA in FreeBSD..S/ATA drives should never be used for 24/7 > >>or server use anyway > >> > >> > >... > > > >There are Maxtor MaXLine II and III, and perhaps several other models, > >that are supposed to work 24/7. > > > > > > > Yes, but I don't like Maxtor drives, the ones I've used always failed > after a year or less than a year...
Western Digital produces similar drives as well - from http://store.westerndigital.com/product.asp?sku=2700729: ..."24x7 100% duty cycle–the highest available reliability rating on high capacity drives"... -- Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"
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