Re: upgrade advice

[Redeeman <redeeman@metanurb.dk>]

On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 18:08 -0600, Jon Nelson wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Jon Nelson wrote:
> >
> >> What about Hitachi?
> >>
> >> Samsung has been my go-to drive for the better part of a decade, and
> >> Seagate hasn't won any favor with me, so I've been relying on Samsung
> >> and Hitachi with great results - so far.
> 
> > Enterprise or 'desktop' disks Jon?
> 
> Desktop. This is what I've got:
> 
> Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 (HDT725032VLA360)
> SAMSUNG SpinPoint T166 series (HD321KJ)
> Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 family (ST3320620AS)*
> WDC WD3200AAKS-75VYA0
> 
> * the seagate has the infamous 3.AAK firmware.
> 
> I've almost always used Hitachi or Samsung, although I often
> "repurpose" drives from friends and I've had quite a few Maxtor and
> Seagate. The Hitachi does seem to run a bit hotter but it is probably
> my favorite drive of the bunch. The Samsung is nice and quiet,
> vibration-free, like the Hitachi and WD.  The Seagate vibrates and is
> the second after the first died within the first few hours.
> 
> If I were to buy replacement drives, I almost always look at Hitachi
> and Samsung first.

What sort of volume of disks are you using, and what loads? (24/7 with
high load?)

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