general questions about 7.0 and computer efficiency......

[Gary Kline]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 11:08:52PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 01:45:28PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 02:24:06PM -0500, David Kelly wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 11:56:12AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 	the datasheets for the 40G drives are lost lost.
> > > 
> > > Oh, come now! If you still know what make and model the drives are, the
> > > datasheets are available online.
> > > 
> > 
> > sure they're online,but i don't remember whether they were Seagate or
> > something else.  and putting then in was a nightmare. 
> 
> The command "dmesg|grep '^da'" should tell you the make and model of the
> disks. If you have SCSI, use '^ad' instead of '^da'.


	Well, well. i found my high-end SCSI adaptor.  couldn't remember
	where it got stashed, :-)

	Anyway, yup, found the drive.  i's a WD400BB.  

	I just hope this puppy lasts another several months.  Oh, but
	then i need help to swap it out.

	This brings me to my next question which is::  It it better to
	buy a proprietary make like Dell or HP or stick to something 
	more generic?  Let's assume that i could handle the hardware end
	myself.  what would you suggest?  

	gary

	PS; I'Ll post this separately, but just wondering....

> 
> Roland
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