>
 >BS>       I've been using Hitachi, they're extremely quiet also, and do
 > have a
 >BS> 36mo warranty from 1st retail sale.
 >
 > Of the 3 Hitachi drives I have had the longest one lasted 31 months, the
 > shortest 14 months.......;-(

      We've had Hitachi's in operation going on 24 months now, no problems so
far.

 >
 > My first SCSI drive was an early 3.5 inch Fujitsu from ~1989 and it was
 > still running perfect in 1998 when I removed it (too small)...
 >
 > MY current IBM SCSI drives have been running since 1996 and the first
 > one died about 3 months ago...


      Never liked IBM's, although they did sell their HD business to Hitachi
I'm told.  For SCSI, we usually use Seagates, with the odd Fujitsu. 
Fujitsu's tend to run hotter, though.

 >
 >BS>       It depends on what OS, we're using a slew of 250gb drives in a
 > RAID5
 >BS> array under Linux with good results.
 >
 > What Raid Controller would that be?

      One of the 3ware's, sorry don't recall the part number offhand.  We're
in the process of building a new server for a client that will have 5 300
gb SATA drives configured as raid5 for data, and two 40gb SATA's as raid1
for boot. (on a dual Xeon motherboard)


 >
 >
 >BS>       I lost interest with Maxtor for a while after their buyout of
 >BS> Miniscribe.
 >
 > I had 2 x Maxtors but neither lasted more than about 30 months...
 >
 > I have been tossing up moving off SCSI lately, but I must admit I really
 > do LOVE the way SCSI works...


      Agreed, however SATA has proven to be just as fast, and cheaper.





                       .....Bob

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