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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!nntp.primenet.com!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!netnews.nwnet.net!nwnet.net!not-for-mail From: aad@nwnet.net (Anthony D'Atri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI hard drive for BSD system Date: 25 Sep 1996 13:09:31 -0700 Organization: NorthWestNet, Bellevue, WA, USA, Earth Lines: 16 Message-ID: <52c3hr$2vv@olympus.nwnet.net> References: <324703FC.41C6@austin.ibm.com> <324706D7.EA8@airmail.net> <52946l$27@stratus.skypoint.net> Reply-To: aad@nwnet.net NNTP-Posting-Host: olympus.nwnet.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4979 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27980 >: not really familiar with their low-end drives either, though). If >: you've got the money to get Barracudas (and the 2GB's aren't worth it: >: $750 for ST32550N (2GB FastSCSI-2), $950 for ST15150N (4GB FastSCSI-2). For clarity, I'd like to note that the 32250 is a 1" (low profile) drive and the 15150 is the older high-profile drive. >you might want to watch out for if you get the Barracudas though is that >they tend to run a little hot, so you probably want to stick them in >an enclosure with decent circulation instead of using them as an internal >drive. Any recommendations for such enclosures? I was recently sold some pricy Kingston enclosures with the assurance that they had good circulation only to find that their fans are rather small and weak. I want a box with *absurdly high* circulation. I don't care how loud it is.