Ultimate HD for your 6400, Seagate x-15, $256!

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cmbehan

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I don't know what you guys have found for the Seagate x15, but this price is a good $50 cheaper than everyone else that I could find.

Here's the linkage:
http://www.star-components.com/detail.cfm?PID=152

I just found out that Seagate sells this drive as a refurb for $275!

This is the full retail for 257+shipping!

-=EDIT=-
Found another one: GlobalMicro.com selling it for $256
http://techbargains.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?masterid=277675&search=x15&ut=cec4776de56399c6
They have a crappy website though, and I couldn't find where to order it.


P.S. Don't order all of them, I wanna order one, but have to wait for my wellfare check (or it feels like it, anyway)!


cmbehan
 
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GoldenTiger

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Not on resellerratings... does anyone know whether this is a legit/good vendor or not? I've heard the name before but I don't know how good they are :). Great find if they're good!
 
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cmbehan

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pretty good price, but slow spindle speed.


The only reason I ouldn't order is the x15 36lp's are coming out on the 25th.
but does anyone have a preliminary price, or a guess on the effect on the prices of the orig. x15's?
 
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SSGTi

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The 2nd Gen x15's are shipping out at the next of this month, that's probably why the price is dropping...
 
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riddelrp

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me thinks original will go down in price when newer, better product comes out . . . . call me crazy . . . .

-Ryan
 
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cmbehan

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I just found Seagate's press release on the x15-36lp's
seek times in the range of 3.6ms
Designed for ULTRA 320? or 2Gbit Fibre Channel?
(but backwards compatible w/ Ultra 160 & 1Gbit FC)
MSRPs
ST318452LW / LC, 18 GB Ultra320 SCSI, $395.00
ST318452FC, 18 GB 2 Gb Fibre Channel, $395.00
ST336752LW /LC, 36 GB Ultra320 SCSI, $750.00
ST336752FC, 36 GB 2 Gb Fibre Channel, $750.00


This is impressive, because the MSRPs on these drives are less than the current MSRPs on today's x15s ($410)

Link: Seagate x15-36LP
 
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RonDoing

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I'd think 7200rpm is also slow for a SCSI HDD, but both HDDs (from cmbehan's and wizardx's links) show 5.2ms?

The $148 seems like a decent deal then (no need for a converter for those who got in on the Gateway 6400 server deal;))

Also, as for prices dropping since the 2nd generation of X15 Cheetahs came out - well... they came out back in MARCH already! Have the prices already fallen or are there still more drops coming up?

Lastly, star-components.com's warranty says that HDDs are covered only for 30 days. After that you're on your own. Will these Cheetahs be covered by Seagate somehow?

Thanks for anybody with an answer ;)

 
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cmbehan

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The new x15lps did not come out in march, at least not according to Seagate, but what would they know. The release date is June 25, 2001.

Seek time on the x15 is 3.9ms, not 5.2ms.

ALL x-15s come with a Seagate 5-year manufacturer warranty and are rated @1,200,000 MTBF.


These are the best drives ever made! (at least until monday)

cmbehan
 
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Lost Pup

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Well I have the x15 68 pin and I will not go back. Its agreat boot drive with my ide handling storage. I will email the vendor to see if they are in stock. Thanks for the heads up.
 
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Guys, 7200 RPM isn't really all that slow at all. I've got several 7200 and 10K RPM SCSI hard drives (all LVD, with the exception of one), and the performance increase isn't all that easily noticeable without performing benchmarks that give you really big, inflated numbers.

You need to have a specific pattern of use in order for the high-end hard drives to outperform the mid-range drives. Of course, using a bunch of 10K RPM or 15K RPM drives in RAID 5 would be awesome (and I assume that's what most of you want to do), but that's even a lot more performance than most database servers need. Considering how many X-15s you'd need to get a decent sized RAID 5 array, you might as well sink your money into Quantum Atlas IIs or 10K RPM Cheetahs.

This is a hot deal, and I'm glad it was posted, but try not to get blinded from the "bigger, faster, louder" marketing drivel. I know it's hard to believe, but sometimes the marketing dept lies in their press releases.
 
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cmbehan

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Has anyone found a great price on the Seagate 73.4GB 10K drive?

That would be absolutely great as a data drive with the x-15 as the OS drive.


 
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cmbehan

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they're only supposed to be marginally faster, but they will come in 18 & 36GB sizes, as opposed to the 18s for the orig x-15s.

Also, they support SCSI ULTRA 320 which isn't even out yet, but would allow you to use more drives on a single channel with the 160 bottle-neck. (I know it's hard to comprehend a 160MB/sec. being a bottleneck, but these drives are so fast that if you put 15 of 'em on a single channel, you'd choke the bandwidth.
 
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