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From: kean@talon.UCS.ORST.EDU (Kean Stump)
Subject: Maxtor vs Fujitsu
Message-ID: <1991Apr2.003158.9901@talon.UCS.ORST.EDU>
Keywords: reliability financial quality disk
Organization: UCS - Oregon State University - Corvallis
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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 91 00:31:58 GMT

I'm looking at the purchase of a large SCSI disk for a Sun SS2, and the paper
candidates seem to be the Fujitsu M2266 and the Maxtor Panther.

I have heard "nasty" rumors about the financial stability of Maxtor and Fujitsu
(from both sides, I really love talking with sales reps) and similar rumors
about the quality of each drive.

I am looking for comments on either drive along the topics of reliability,
noise, service from the company, would you buy another one etc.  I am aware of
the firmware problems when dealing with a SS2 but am assured that the fix is
available "RSN".

Thanks,

Kean

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