Seagates yes
Quantum - no way

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"Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply"
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> Seagate Cheetah ST34502LW (firmware 0004)
>
> Quantum XP34300 (REV H)
>

In article <10i9uno9cs5j60b@news.supernews.com>, "Island Computers USA"
writes:

> Seagates yes
> Quantum - no way

The models I mentioned?

Talking only original DEC disks for the moment, I have some rebadged
Seagates and some rebadged Quantums, though more of the former than the
latter. The only disk I've ever had fail was a rebadged Seagate
Barracuda (2 GB). Small-number statistics, of course. Is the
traditional wisdom Seagate better than Quantum better than Connor borne
out by the experience of others here?

helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) wrote in message news:...
> In article <10i9uno9cs5j60b@news.supernews.com>, "Island Computers USA"
> writes:
>
> > Seagates yes
> > Quantum - no way
>
> The models I mentioned?
>
> Talking only original DEC disks for the moment, I have some rebadged
> Seagates and some rebadged Quantums, though more of the former than the
> latter. The only disk I've ever had fail was a rebadged Seagate
> Barracuda (2 GB). Small-number statistics, of course. Is the
> traditional wisdom Seagate better than Quantum better than Connor borne
> out by the experience of others here?

Not the models you listed. Older Quantums (1 - 4GB, especially the
DEC-designed DSP models, are all still running, though some are quite
noisy. I've had a couple older Seagate rebadges fail (ST15150N/W),
and one ST19171WC/RZ1DB unit. Newer disks: mostly Seagate, all still
running.