From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Robinson Subject: Re: 3TB drives failure rate Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:49:02 +0000 Message-ID: <508D29BE.7090209@yuiop.co.uk> References: <11510711257.20121028131527@oudeis.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: =?UTF-8?B?TWF0aGlhcyBCdXLDqW4=?= Cc: =?UTF-8?B?UmFpbmVyIEbDvGdlbnN0ZWlu?= , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 28/10/2012 12:19, Mathias Bur=C3=A9n wrote: > On 28 October 2012 12:15, Rainer F=C3=BCgenstein wro= te: [...] >> until now I was very fond of WD caviar green drives, but after this >> 50% failure rate I'm not very eager to restore data from the backup. >> >> what is your experience with 3TB drives, WD and others? [...] > If you REALLY care about the data, go for enterprise drives, or at > least stay away from green / eco drives. I'm about to trial some WD Red 3TB drives, which are theoretically=20 quasi-enterprise, slow-spinning, low-power for 24x7 use in NAS RAID=20 applications and have usable short-timeout SCT/ERC setting. I'll let you know how I get on with them. Cheers, John. --=20 John Robinson, yuiop IT services 0131 557 9577 / 07771 784 058 46/12 Broughton Road, Edinburgh EH7 4EE -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html