Maxtor/Quantum Atlas 10kII U160 SCSI drives @ HyperMicro

[Zepper]

Highly reliable and fast drives, cheap! at: Linkage
9GB - $39.
18GB - $79.
36GB - $109.

Both 68 and 80-pin SCA styles in all sizes, SCAs include 80>68 pin LVD adapter.

Get free ground shipping by mentioning www.storagereview.com.

Enjoy!
.bh.
:moon:

 

[WildFireVT]

It looks like they also have a good deal on the 80pin 73.4 GB - $159.00

SCSI down to ~$2 per GB

 

[Zepper]

bump

 

[perfectfire]

I used to own one of the 36GB ones. Well, technically I still own it but it died. When I emailed a data recovery place they replied with: ah yes, we call that quantum sudden death syndrome. So it sounds like those drives have a reputation of dying suddenly. I ended up buying the replacement drive (an IBM with faster seek times for only 100 or so) from Hyper Micro though, so I can recommend the store.

 

[Zepper]

Quantum sudden death only applies to their IDE drives. See the reliability survey for the TY series on storagereview.com.
.bh.
:moon:

 

[WildFireVT]

I have a pair of Quantum Fireball LMs at home and they havent kick.
<thinking>Going to home and find one of them dead</stopped>

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: perfectfire
I used to own one of the 36GB ones. Well, technically I still own it but it died. When I emailed a data recovery place they replied with: ah yes, we call that quantum sudden death syndrome. So it sounds like those drives have a reputation of dying suddenly. I ended up buying the replacement drive (an IBM with faster seek times for only 100 or so) from Hyper Micro though, so I can recommend the store.

They have 5 year warranties on them... yours is probably still under warranty.

 

[Zepper]

A few of the IDE models have been notoriously poor (e.g. the "Bigfoot" line and some of the std. sized IDE models) and their rep has leaked onto all models.
.bh.
:moon:

 

[Zepper]

I got mine today. It's a Quantum Atlas 10k2 OEM for Compaq (the firmware shows Cpq) drive. Popped it in - works GREAT. Fast and quiet. Now I've got 3 SCSI HDs and a SCSI burner on my puny 250W Sparkle - its exhaust air warmed up a bit with the new addition.
.bh.
Where's the :sun: ??

 

[kevman]

what kind of SCSI card would work for these dirves? I have one ,but I want to confirm before buying...

 

[Zepper]

You would want one capable of LVD operation - U-80 or U-160. You would also need LVD cable and Active LVD terminator (if you don't have one, get LVD cable (obviously different from the normal flat cable) w/terminator from Centrix-Intl, high quality (made for HP servers) and cheap.
. If you find your card isn't up to it, the LSI U-160 is a good, low priced one. Buy it bare and get the cable above. Unf. you have to buy at least 5 pounds of stuff from C-I to get reasonable shipping costs. If you still have some older SCSI you want to run on there, make sure the card has an SE (Single Ended) stub chip.
. OTOH you could try to steal them on eBay. That's how I got mine - new-in-box Tekram card/cables/terminators for less than the cost of a good cable set. They usually have good LVD cables on there as well for cheap. Hyper Micro also carries the LSI line with or w/o cables if you aren't a pinch-penny like me.
.bh.

 

[patrickj]

Are these drives new oems? Also, any concern about the 1 year warranty? I would love to grab an IBM 15k drive....not sure of the reliability of drives with such a short warranty and unsure of how loud a 15k drive is....

 

[helpme]

Originally posted by: patrickj
Are these drives new oems? Also, any concern about the 1 year warranty? I would love to grab an IBM 15k drive....not sure of the reliability of drives with such a short warranty and unsure of how loud a 15k drive is....

Those IBM 15Ks they are selling are very hot and quite loud... that's why they are so cheap.

 

[lhotdeals]

What's the fastest drive among the good deals? also would these drives work with a U320 controller card?