Re: Ok to go ahead with this setup?

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Molle Bestefich wrote:

> Christian Pernegger wrote:
>
>> Anything specific wrong with the Maxtors?
>
>
> No.  I've used Maxtor for a long time and I'm generally happy with them.
>
> They break now and then, but their online warranty system is great.
> I've also been treated kindly by their help desk - talked to a cute
> gal from Maxtor in Ireland over the phone just yesterday ;-).
>
> Then again, they've just been acquired by Seagate, or so, so things
> may change for the worse, who knows.
>
> I'd watch out regarding the Western Digital disks, apparently they
> have a bad habit of turning themselves off when used in RAID mode, for
> some reason:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.device-mapper.devel/1980/ 


Based on three trials in five years, I'm happy with WD and Seagate. WD 
didn't ask when I bought it, just the serial for manufacturing date.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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