BBOLT@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Bob Bolt) (08/14/90)
I have been hearing some very good things about hard drives from Alliance Peripheral Systems (APS). I called them to order a Quantum 105 meg drive and the salesperson tried very hard to sell me a 120 meg drive. At $769, it is only $70 more than the 105 meg drive and he said it is much faster. Apparantly, it is a "depopulated" 170 meg drive and they have been selling many of them. Has anyone had any experiences with this drive? It sounds very good, but I am hesitating because I have never heard anything, good or bad, about it. Thanks in advance for any help. Bob Bolt bbolt@vm.ucs.ualberta.ca
dolf@fwi.uva.nl (Dolf Starreveld) (08/14/90)
BBOLT@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Bob Bolt) writes: > I have been hearing some very good things about hard drives from Alliance > Peripheral Systems (APS). I called them to order a Quantum 105 meg drive > and the salesperson tried very hard to sell me a 120 meg drive. At $769, > it is only $70 more than the 105 meg drive and he said it is much faster. > Apparantly, it is a "depopulated" 170 meg drive and they have been selling > many of them. > > Has anyone had any experiences with this drive? It sounds very good, but > I am hesitating because I have never heard anything, good or bad, about > it. Thanks in advance for any help. A friend of mine bought one of those from APS recently. He is very satisfied and the disk indeed performs very good. --dolf -- Dolf Starreveld Phone: +31 20 592 5056/5022 (FAX: 5155), TELEX: 10262 HEF NL EMAIL: dolf@fwi.uva.nl (dolf%fwi.uva.nl@hp4nl.nluug.nl) SNAIL: Dept. of Math. and Computing Science, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 409, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
RAFI@BGUVM.BITNET (Rafi Brunner) (08/23/90)
I have my second Quantum 120 HD on my IIx, the disk is very fast 15ns, but the first one crashed and was replaced, the second one keeps on crashing at a rate of twice a day at least (on a good day). I've been told by the distributer that the disk I have is a generic SCSI, while there is a special model for mac and that he will try to get me some. True to this date I enjoy the disk between crashes and treat is very carefuly ( backup every few hours). Rafi
englund@snoopy.Colorado.EDU (ENGLUND TODD CHARLES) (08/29/90)
In article <710RAFI@BGUVM> RAFI@BGUVM.BITNET (Rafi Brunner) writes: >I have my second Quantum 120 HD on my IIx, the disk is very fast 15ns, but >the first one crashed and was replaced, the second one keeps on crashing at a >rate of twice a day at least (on a good day). I've been told by the distributer >that the disk I have is a generic SCSI, while there is a special model for mac >and that he will try to get me some. True to this date I enjoy the disk between >crashes and treat is very carefuly ( backup every few hours). >Rafi No offense, but I don't see how you can enjoy using ANY drive which crashesdaily. I have never once experienced a crash in the two years that I've owned a Quantum based drive, and I'm sure (at least I hope) that your situation is quite unusual. Todd
6600bill@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Julie Poucher) (08/30/90)
> In article <710RAFI@BGUVM> RAFI@BGUVM.BITNET (Rafi Brunner) writes: >I have my second Quantum 120 HD on my IIx, the disk is very fast 15ns, but >the first one crashed and was replaced, the second one keeps on crashing at a >rate of twice a day at least (on a good day). I've been told by the distributer >that the disk I have is a generic SCSI, while there is a special model for mac >and that he will try to get me some. True to this date I enjoy the disk between >crashes and treat is very carefuly ( backup every few hours). Wow! If it's '15_ns_ I'm very impressed! Indeed! (J/K) I know you meant 15_ms_.... Anyway, sorry to spoil your day but 15ms ain't that fast these days. I own a Quantum 180 with access time of 11ms. I've only seen/heard of one drive faster than mine...and it cost about $1K more! Also, it's a shame your drive crashes that often. I've had a couple (say, three) crashes in the last two years and saved all my data from all three of them (very lucky, I realize) but my point is that it really sucks to have your drive go down. I cannot begin to understand how you can handle two crashes ("on a good day")!! Enjoy... -- ============================================================================== == Puneet Pasrich ============ Internet: 6600bill@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu ========== == Karate Kid ================ Bitnet: 6600bill@ucsbuxa.bitnet ============ == In Capitalism, man exploits man. In Communism, it's the other way around. =
shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) (08/31/90)
6600bill@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Julie Poucher) writes: >Anyway, sorry to spoil your day but 15ms ain't that fast these days. >I own a Quantum 180 with access time of 11ms. I've only seen/heard of >one drive faster than mine...and it cost about $1K more! Sorry to spoil YOUR day, but you seem among those suffering from what I used to call the Magic Number Syndrome. That's the tendency to consolidate the "goodness" of some entity to a single number. The quoted figure refers to AVERAGE access time, and is simply one among many technical indicators of potential performance. Let's keep it all in context, shall we? shwake@rsxtech
Rafi Brunner <RAFI@BGUVM.BITNET> (09/02/90)
The 120MB from Quantum is super fast, I enjoy the speed. Some times you can appreciate the beautifull eyes of an ugly woman dont you? Rafi
RAFI@BGUVM.BITNET (Rafi Brunner) (09/03/90)
The Quantum 180 and 120 have the same speed 15ms measured with SCSI evaluator. where did u get the 11ms ? from the dealer? it can give 11ms for a shot while until the RAM cache is full then it'll goes down to 15ms. Rafi