Seagate Cheetah: Firmware, Bugs, Compatibility?

[Shanker Balan <shanu@exocore.com>]

Hello:

I recently wrote in to ask about the "Queued IO" errors I have been
experiencing on all 3 of my Quantum Atlas 10KIII drivers. According to
Justin, its a firmware problem and upgrading to the latest will
hopefully fix it.

Like Mikael Abrahamsson mentioned in the same thread, it has been next
to impossible to find any information on the firmware update procedure
and result thereof with the updates available on the Quantum FTP site:

ftp://ftpdownload.maxtor.com/pub/QuantumProducts/
Disk_Firmware/Atlas-10KIII/160/

Quantum support in India is next to impossible with vendors having a
"take it or leave it" kind of attitude and Quantum web support is yet to
get back to me on my query. Basically, I have burnt my fingers with the
Quantum.

Anyway, I need another SCSI hard disk for my cluster and the only other
brand available in the local market is the Seagate Cheetah ST318406LC.

Before I make the purchase (not that I have a choice here :( ), should I
be aware of any bugs/compatibility issues with this specific model? The
SCSI controller is a Adaptec AIC-7892A U160/m (rev 02).

Any specific firmware releases to avoid with the ST318406LC?

Thank you for your time.

-- Shanu
http://shankerbalan.com/

BTW: Any one have the URL to the Seagate firmware location?


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