IBM vs Seagate SCSI HDDs

[Colonel Casio]

I'm in market for a SCSI HDD. Been looking at Seagate & IBM drives. Cannot seem to make up my mind which would be better. Comments on person experiences welcomed.(It is the 36 GB models I'm interested in)

[Stan]

Hi

Well, altough Seagate and IBM both excells in SCSI HD, I have and will always buy IBM HD (SCSI or IDE).
At work, all PC and servers I have ordered/built have IBM disks.

At home, I have 2 IBM 36LZX (9GB) and I am very happy.
Now, there is the new 36Z15 (15000 rpm)... that must be really fast...

So, I say: buy IBM

Stan

[RobRich]

I commonly utilize Seagate drives for nearly all of my SCSI builds. To date, I have never had to RMA a Seagate drive for any reason. I tend to believe Seagate offers a superior SCSI drive in terms of reliability. To contrast, it is likely that the IBM will offer marginally better peformance.

Robert Richmond

[nilknarf]

Ever since Seagate bought Conner, their drives have been excellent. By the same token, IBM is excellent as well. Both offer what I consider to be some of the best drives out there.

I've had to RMA drives for several manufacturers, including Seagate and IBM. Rarely, though, was this because of premature failure. 95% of all Seagate drives I have installed over the last 4 years, are still in operation! I never once had Seagate question an RMA, including those drives which I decided to have refurbed even though they were functioning perfectly.

I'm in the same decision making process right now for my new A/V editing system, on the same size drive. For me, it will come down to cost vs. overall performance.

If none of this helped you make a decision, flip a coin.

Tim

edit - darn kb!!!

[This message has been edited by nilknarf (edited 05-15-2001).]

[NDC]

I use a Seagate SCSI Ultra-160 Cheetah 10,000rpm for all my SCSI based systems. I've never had any problems with the drives...

[WildCajun]

Rob, I've had to OEM numerous Seagate scsi drives. Nothing wrong with their quality, I just buy large numbers. I use IBM now, but not because of issues with Seagate, but lately I've been noticing my "IBM" drives have seagate part numbers on them and say manufactered for IBM by seagate. I guess that's the best of both worlds.

If you want performance buy the 15K Seagates. I don't think IBM has made the leap to 15K drives yet.

[Stan]

Hi WildCajun

IBM has made the leap to 15000rpm drives...
More info found here (http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/ultra/ul36z15.htm)

Stan

[Ironforge]

The Cheetah X15 by segate though is much more available... i can not even find the IBM drive on pricewatch..

The X15 has come down in price a lot since it's introduction.. 18.4GB ultra-160 15krpm for about $350... started off around $500-550

I use a SCSI drive for my boot drive, and then an IDE RAID for storage and most applications..