msmith@proton.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) (06/05/91)
I know that Seagate has had MAJOR problems with their smaller drives 20-40 Meg. Does this problem extend into their bigger drives? 100 Meg or bigger? Also. Is Fujitsu a good manufacturer?
tomg@code3.com (Tom Green) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun5.021859.17088@serval.net.wsu.edu> msmith@proton.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) writes: >I know that Seagate has had MAJOR problems with their smaller drives 20-40 >Meg. Does this problem extend into their bigger drives? 100 Meg or bigger? > >Also. Is Fujitsu a good manufacturer? > In MHO Fujitsu is one of the best out there. They have one of the best MTBFs and warranties available for medium sized drives. I wouldn't buy Seagate unless I had to to satisfy a customers specifications. -- Tom Green - Life's a pain, then you die. _/_ __ ____ __ "I shall be swift, and merciful" - the Gorn / /_// / //_/ tomg@code3.code3.com _/
keithe@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) (06/07/91)
In article <1873@hsi.hsi.com> tomg@code3.com (Tom Green) writes: >In MHO Fujitsu is one of the best out there. They have one of the best >MTBFs and warranties available for medium sized drives. I wouldn't buy >Seagate unless I had to to satisfy a customers specifications. Their SCSI and ESDI drives, from the CDC/Imprimis labels, are still outstanding drives, arguably (just watch... :-) the best available. (help *) KEITHE()
bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Bostater) (06/07/91)
In article <9662@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> keithe@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson) writes: >In article <1873@hsi.hsi.com> tomg@code3.com (Tom Green) writes: >> I wouldn't buy >>Seagate unless I had to to satisfy a customers specifications. > >Their SCSI and ESDI drives, from the CDC/Imprimis labels, are still >outstanding drives, arguably (just watch... :-) the best available. > Yes, but make sure they're drives designed and manufactured by CDC/Imprimis. Drives actually designed by Seagate (e.g. st296n) aren't worth their shipping costs. I currently own an ST1126A (100 MB, IDE) which is very fast, very quiet, very reliable, and very unlike any ST225, ST251, ST296N, etc. drive. DISCLAIMER: This is my own personal opinion based solely on personal experience with a half dozen different seagate drives. Your milage may vary.-- Scott Bostater Georgia Tech Research Institute - Radar Systems Analysis "My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him" -Ps 62.1 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!bb16 Internet: bb16@prism.gatech.edu
ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) (06/07/91)
In article <1873@hsi.hsi.com> tomg@code3.com (Tom Green) writes: > >In MHO Fujitsu is one of the best out there. They have one of the best >MTBFs and warranties available for medium sized drives. I wouldn't buy >Seagate unless I had to to satisfy a customers specifications. > I bought a Fujitsu 2263E ( The 600+M ESDI one) for a system I was setting up for a friend. We went for it because of price, Fujitsu brand name and the advertised warranty (5 years). However, nowhere in the literature packaged with the disk there any mention of a warranty. This is an official Fujitsu America drive (not grey market). Are warranties in disk drives implied by the MTBF rating? I guess I will never know for sure unless the thing breaks down and I go back to the distributor. This aside, it looks and sounds like a very good drive -- very fast and quiet. Actually, is unbeatable at the 600M class from price point of view.
tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms) (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun7.142105.23289@agate.berkeley.edu>, ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) writes: > I bought a Fujitsu 2263E ( The 600+M ESDI one) for a system I was > setting up for a friend. We went for it because of price, Fujitsu > brand name and the advertised warranty (5 years). However, nowhere in > the literature packaged with the disk there any mention of a > warranty. This is an official Fujitsu America drive (not grey market). > Are warranties in disk drives implied by the MTBF rating? > I guess I will never know for sure unless the thing breaks > down and I go back to the distributor. > > This aside, it looks and sounds like a very good drive -- very fast and > quiet. Actually, is unbeatable at the 600M class from price point of > view. MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) is not an implied warranty! It is just a manufacturers projection as to the life of the drive. Warranties will be explicitly stated as such. Many companies claim 5 year MTBF but only have a one year warranty. Jason Garms tgoose@eng.umd.edu