Re: what brand of hd

Over the years I've seen many failed hard drives with no one manufacturer
being over represented. They have all had bad models and/or batches. Maxtor
and Seagate are the easiest to deal with for warranty if you have to go
through the manufacturer. I personally use mostly Samsung drives for
workstations. They are quiet and the distributor I buy from looks after the
warranrty rather than having to go direct to the manufacturer. In the end
ease of warranty replacement is the major factor for me. They all quit
sooner or later. They're all reasonably fast now. If you are using them in a
RAID array then make sure the drives are compatible with RAID. Most drives
will work. Some work much better with RAID having special features for RAID.
They are generally at least 1.5x to 2x more expensive though.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca/forum/Forum.htm


boaz wrote:
This is getting very frustrating.

Back in the day, the choice was simple -- Western Digtial or Quantum
WD and Quantum were very reliable.

Ever since WD went down years ago, the choice was simple -- Maxtor.
Again Maxtor was very reliable.

Seagate and Conner were just bad.


Now after they've tried to drive everybody else out of business, we
have only two -- Seagate and Western Digital.

Reading the reviews from amazon.com is frustrating. Hard disks
crashed in both brand and lost everything within a week or so.

So... what to buy?




There is no answer.
There has not been an answer.
There will not be an answer.
That IS the answer!
And I am screwed.
Deadline was due yesterday.

There is no point to life.
THAT IS THE POINT.
And we are screwed.
We will run out of oil soon.

http://spaces.msn.com/bzDaCat


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