In article <BRIAN.93May23064402@dsm.dsm.fordham.edu>, brian@dsm.fordham.edu (Brian Downing) writes:
|> 
|>   I just received a very generous graduation gift, CASH meant for me to
|> buy hardware, primarily SCSI stuff (drive/EISA controller).
|> 
|>  I have a 486 EISA bus box running Linux and I'm planning to order the
|> Adaptec 1742[AB] controller and a 500M-1.2G hard drive.  I need to
|> pick out a decent fast SCSI-2 compliant drive. I've browsed through
|> the clari.streetprice listing for drives >200M and noticed that prices
|> vary quite a bit within seek times and capacities. I grepped the file
|> several times to get a listing that shows prices from one distributer,
|> and no duplicate entries.
|> 
|> Fujitsu M2622S ; 330MB;SCSI;3.5 ;HH;12ms;       ; 799
|> Conner CP3540  ; 540MB;SCSI;3.5 ;HH;12ms;       ; 949
|> Micropolis 1624; 668MB;SCSI;5.25;HH;16ms;       ;1199
|> Maxtor XT8760S ; 676MB;SCSI;5.25;FH;16ms;       ;1139
|> Maxtor PO-12S  ;1027MB;SCSI;5.25;FH;13ms;       ;1399
|> Micropolis 2112;1050MB;SCSI;3.5 ;HH;10ms;       ;1399
|> Fujitsu M2266S ;1079MB;SCSI;5.25;FH;14ms;       ;1299
|> Fujitsu M2694S ;1083MB;SCSI;3.5 ;HH;10ms;       ;1399
|> 
|>  I know I missed some, like the Seagate offerings so anybody who has
|> good or bad experiences to share with a drive not mentioned, I'd like
|> to hear about those too.
|> 
|>  Can anyone offer any suggestions? What should be my main criteria,
|>  avg. seek time, throughput, Half vs Full height, 3.5 vs 5.25?
|>  Any help at all would be appreciated.
|> 
|> --
|>  brian downing, po box 2181 nyc ny 10185,
|>  brian@dsm.fordham.edu, gnus don't kill people, guns do.
|> 

You have missed the Seagate 41200 N (1,05 MB netto).
Although it is not specified that fast (15 ms) it appears
me faster than an other disk I have, a Maxtor LXT535 with
535 MB and 10.5 ms. Perhaps it's because the 5.25" Seagate
has more heads than the smaller 3.5" Maxtor. 
And finally I think 5.25"-drives live longer...

Andy