On 23 Mar 98 at 22:02, Dennis Noble wrote:

> Recently,  have noticed that Samsung has entered the HDD market
> place and is offering  a product that it looks to me to at least
> meet and some times surpass the others. In particular, I have been
> looking at the Samsung VG34323A 4.3GB HDD. It offers UltraDMA and a
> 512KB cache at a price that blows everyone else out of the water
> under $160. Is there something that I should know or am missing?
> Has anyone had any problems or experence with these products?

  I've used Samsung HDDs whenever I could *find* them, at 340MB,
560MB, 850MB and 1.2GB.  I've recently seen their 2.1GB for $109 and
2.5GB for $139.  I have not seen their 4.3GB.
  I have no reason to believe that their newer drives are of any
lower quality than earlier efforts.  They have traditionally put
about twice as much cache on the drive as their competitors, and I
appreciate that.

  But I've wondered about their distribution -- I've often been
unable to find them, and you've only just noticed them.  And I
*thought* I had heard that their HDD division had gone bankrupt
amidst the Asian crisis of the last three months, which could produce
lowered prices, but with no manufacturer support (i.e., warranties on
these drives may be meaningless).
  I may have misunderstood.  I don't mind a good price on quality
equipment for personal use, but I can't recommend an unsupported unit
for critical servers.

David G