toma@tekgvs.GVS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) (09/28/88)
There seems always to be a lot of debate about RLL encoding working on low-cost Seagate drives (particularly the 225 and 251), but has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with RLL on one of these expensive Maxtor drives (mine is a 2190, but I would also be interested in people trying RLL on smaller models). I'm trying it out, but would appreciate hearing any negative experiences ASAP, in which case I will go back to my old controller. Meanwhile I do a surface scan every day (!), back up important work daily, and the complete system weekly. The controller is an adaptec ACB-2372, which I would guess is the same one that Northgate puts on all their systems (1-1 interleave, RLL). The 192 meg capacity (drives C through H) is great only if it works! Lets keep the RLL clutter down, respond direct if you can, and I will summarize if I get any requests. toma@tekgvs.TEK.COM !tektronix!tekgvs!toma Standard Disclaimers Apply
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu (10/08/88)
Newbury Data, current manufacturer of Maxtor drives, is very
supportive on RLL with their drives. Most of the Maxtor
drives I've seen run RLL without any trouble, and Newbury will
back up their warranty on drives run under RLL, unlike Seagate.
Mike Berger
Department of Statistics
University of Illinois
berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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