> > At 9:24 AM -0500 11/12/2008, Len Gerstel wrote: >> A couple of weeks ago we were talking about upgrade SATA drives and >> that the many drives have hit the 10 cents/GB (US) point. > >>> Seagate is investigating an issue where a small number of Barracuda >>> 7200.11 (1.5TB SATA) hard drives randomly pause or hang for up to >>> several seconds during certain write operations. This does not >>> result in data loss nor does it impact the reliability of the drive >>> but is an inconvenience to the user that we are working to resolve >>> with an upgradeable firmware. > > Thx for the heads-up, Len! Hopefully Seagate will get a firmware fix > out quickly. > > On another note... There are a lot of 1 TB drives going for $99 or > less right now. Careful, folx! Many of them are LP size (normal > 3.5" drives) but then they're 5400rpm instead of 7200 rpm! So they > cannot keep up with their fast SATA or USB 2 or FW interfaces! IOW, > they're cheap because they're s l o o o o o w.
which means they'd make a great back up drive ;) -sam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
