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From: kmont@hpindda.HP.COM (Kevin Montgomery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Seagates under Unix???  (or best pick)
Message-ID: <40970029@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 90 18:08:07 GMT
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	First, thanks for all the responses (both usenet and email)!

	After hearing the responses (everyone was pretty favorable on
Seagate) and reading an excellent article in a PC mag, I think I'm going
to lay down the $$$ for a Western Digital SCSI controller with a Connor
104 Meg SCSI disk.  MFM is cheaper and I could probably load up on mem
so I'd never page/swap, but someday it'll happen and the quicker the
access then, the better.  Also, ESDI and SCSI seem to be the future with
higher transfer rates than a MFM or RLL disk could pull off.  Apparently
a patch is even in the works to allow multiple controller types (SCSI, ESDI,
MFM, RLL) to run under SCO Unix concurrently, which means I can keep my
ST506 for the future and still get some cheap storage, while retaining the
SCSI for the swap area and quicker access filesystems.

	So, has anyone used the Connor drives?  They're apparently used
bigtime in Compaq computers, but I don't hear much about them through dealer
channels.  The price I was quoted (which sounds pretty good) was from B&W
Systems in Gaithersburg, MD for $786 for the Western Digital controller and
the 104 Meg Connor drive  (+10 for rails and 12 for the SCSI cable).  They
have SCO Unix up using it and have had no problems- also the Connor drives
are supposed to have 40000 hours MTBF (yes, 4.5 YEARS), which is also the
MTBU (mean-time-before-upgrade) probably.

	Anything I should know before laying down a helluvalotta$$$ on these
guys?  How's the Western Digital controllers?  (I'd assume pretty good)  
Anyone have a Compaq or Connor drive that fritzes out?  Any horror stories I 
should know about?   How's the price?

					thanks again for all the responses!