Subject: Re: Quantum Fireball 4GB drive.
To: Computo Ergo Checksum <greywolf@starwolf.starwolf.com>
From: Tom T. Thai <tomthai@future.net>
List: current-users
Date: 06/06/1998 18:16:19
On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Computo Ergo Checksum wrote:
> I have a quality question.
>
> Quantum Fireball 4GB drives are going relatively cheaply these days ($300).
> Not bad for narrow SCSI-2. I'd like to put one on my Sun as it's running
> short of disk space. I figure I wouldn't have to get another drive anytime
> soon after that.
>
> I seem to recall, though, that they had something of a high failure rate...
> or am I remembering something else?
I have used it and it works fine under light loads. But fried pretty bad
under heavy load like a news server. Their Atlas drives are pretty good
though.
Why not get a Baracuda?
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