I've always had better service from Seagate.
Quantum is now absorbed into
Maxtor and I pretty much have had a lot of problems with IDE and SCSI drives
by Quantum. Unless a Seagate is dead or damaged, I never have problems with
them - have 8 ST410800N 9.1 SCSI FH drives on my server and all run AOK.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 4:40 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Seagate ST32550N vs Quantum XP32150 - which is better?
A buddy of mine needs a couple of 2Gb 1" SCSI drives. I have both
Quantum XP32150s and ST32550Ns available. Are these drives essentially
equivalent, or is one better than the other?
-ethan
I've had mixed luck with the XP32150's... I think the 32550N's would
last longer.
I've got a bad 32150 (wide SCSI differential version) downstairs...
I've also got a bunch of Quantum Fireball drives that you can't kill.
The problem seems to be based on which model Quantum -- some are good
some are dogs.
I thought all the IBM's were great until I heard about the problems with
their 60gb and up stuff...
Bill
Bill
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