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The best drives today (and the fastest at 15K RPM)
are Seagate and IBM SCSIs.
The price is higher too.
Seagate is 10% more expensive, than IBM.
And physically heavier and bulkier...
Tha gap between the first tier and the second - Maxtor, Fujitsu, Western Digital is very significant.
So is performance...
Ultra DMA IDE is a good safe choice, then choose 10K RPM drives.
Stay away from 7200 and, especially, 5400 RPM.
They are significantly slower, especially where I/Os are of importance to you.
Also go for 2 identical drives.
Put OS on one, all applications on another.
So, in case of a crash, or OS reinstall, all of your programs are safe.
Good luck.
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