Seagate Cheetah: Firmware, Bugs, Compatibility?

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.

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

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