HD – Quantum or Maxator?
10-Jan-93 23:07:33
Sb: #84642-HD – Quantum or Maxator?
Fm: Tony Mori 75540,2126
To: ANGEL PAGAN 71501,2517
well…so far, they'r epretty much equivalent, except whn we get to the
larger maxtor's…they have large cache's on-board (128k, or 256K)
but, all in all, performance is equivalent. anyway, I'd rather sacrifice
2-7% performance, for a drive that I ***KNOW*** will be reliable.
unfortunately I've had bad experiences with some Quantum's in a DOS/Novell
environment. For some reason, they like to crap out in the first month of
service. Same goes for Western Digital(IDE) hard drives. now, again, that;s
in a DOS/Novell environment. i've stuck with Maxtor for years, and will
continue. I have a Maxtor PS-17S 1.7GB SCSI-II HD on a 486/33 with an
Adaptec AHA-1542B controller: flawless operation for about a year now.
the Maxtor BBS number is: (303)678-2222
Tony