Which SCSI disk and tape drives for

[neese at adaptex.UUCP]

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>We're looking at SCSI drives (to run with the Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller
>under SCO Xenix 386 GT). We heard that the quality of the Wren series has
>suffered since it has been made by Seagate. Is there any truth in this?

I deal a lot with the Imprimis engineers and I can tell you that things
are running as before.  They are still recognized as the class act of the
hard disk world.

>The alternatives we are looking at, are: Micropolis 1684 which is a half-height
>drive with 345 Mbytes after formating, and one of the Maxtor 300Mbyte drives.

I would use as a second alternative; Maxtor (as long as it the 4000 series
or above).

>Also, what is the best 150Mbyte SCSI tape drive for the above configuration.
>We are looking for one which will use the standard SCSI drivers built into
>Xenix GT (and SCO UNIX). We have been offered a Cipher CP150. Does this
>work well?

I belive you may be referrring to the ST150S tape drive.  There are two
flavors of this drive the ST-150S (72ips) and the ST-150S90 (90ips).  I
have the 90ips drive on my system at home and the 72ips drive on adaptex
and have never had a moments problems from either.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
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