Re: Fw: [Hampshire] Replacement hard drive question

john lewis <johnlewis@???> wrote:
> Nick Chalk <nick@???> wrote:
>> Of course, if you want something that's going
>> to be _really_ reliable, I'd recommend LSI
>> Logic SCSI controllers, with Fujitsu or Maxtor
>> (nee Quantum) SCSI drives. :-)
> costing lots of pennies I imagine :-(

Up-front costs are higher than PATA or SATA, yes.

However, consider the Adaptec controller and IBM
10k RPM drive in one of my boxes, still running
after ten years' use. The per-annum cost is quite
reasonable. :-)

> and I bet I can't get IBM 6.3Gb scsi drives any
> more as potential replacements for the ones in
> my server.

Jamie's may have some. We certainly have 9GB.

Nick.

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