Which 160-180 GB ATA disk is reliable and fast ?

[Robert Clark]

The Western Digital WD1600JB160GB ATA100 bundle including a Promise Ultra100
TX2 controller and 3yr warranty is 149$ at Costco.

Doesn't look like they're available on the website though.

[RC]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Klemm" <andreas at freebsd.org>
To: <freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Which 160-180 GB ATA disk is reliable and fast ?


> My current Seagate Disk has severe unrecoverable read errors.
> ad0: 76319MB <ST380021A> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
>
> Jun 14 22:11:22 titan kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 -
resetting
> Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: ATAPI 00 00
> Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: ATA 01 a5
> Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: success setting UDMA33 on VIA 82C686A
chip
> Jun 14 22:11:25 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of
115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40
> Jun 15 03:01:57 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of
115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40
> Jun 15 20:40:46 titan kernel: ad0: 76319MB <ST380021A> [155061/16/63] at
ata0-master UDMA66
> Jun 15 20:40:46 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of
115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40
>
> Before using this Seagate Drive I had severe problems with
> 40GB IBM and Maxtor drives.
> They all worked for about 1/2-1 year and then failed quickly :-/
>
> I have to look for another drive now, but which one ?
> Do you have perhaps some background informations concerning
> the one or other drive ?
>
> IBM IC35L180AVV207 185,2 GB  8,5/8192/7200  U-100 IDE  184.00 EUR
>         Deskstar 180 GXP
> Maxtor 6Y160P0 160,0 GB  9,4/8192/7200  U-133 IDE  164.00 EUR
> DiamondMax Plus 9
> Seagate ST3160023A 160,0 GB  8,5/8192/7200  U-100 IDE  189.00 EUR
> Barracuda 7200.7
> W.Digit WD1600JB 160,0 GB  8,9/8192/7200  U-100 IDE  189.00 EUR
> Caviar Special Edition
>
> In this link you'll see that the Seagate disk has a bad write
> performance compared to other drives like the IBM 180 GXP.
> http://www.ixbt-labs.com/articles2/seagate-barr7/
>
> I'll connect the drive to my on-board ATA interface which is
> only capable of UDMA-66.
>
> The drive should be in the 1st place reliable (don't want to replace
> my drives on a 6-12 month cycle anymore) and performance is also a matter.
>
> What's your recommendation ??
>
> Thanks
>
> Andreas ///
>
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