From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Hancock Subject: Re: Port Multiplier access with Sil 3124 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:16:32 -0600 Message-ID: <4993A2A0.7020606@gmail.com> References: <498F42B6.8030607@tlinx.org> <87f94c370902090635h2fc3e604n990bdd70be9c48cd@mail.gmail.com> <4990AC91.8010104@tlinx.org> <87f94c370902091501h96ecb8dp7acac1fa80a82d8a@mail.gmail.com> <4990C70E.1010707@garzik.org> <4990D349.4050408@tlinx.org> <49923356.6050405@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.31]:42844 "EHLO yw-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751725AbZBLEQh (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:16:37 -0500 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so293038ywh.1 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:16:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49923356.6050405@kernel.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Tejun Heo Cc: Linda Walsh , linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik Tejun Heo wrote: > Linda Walsh wrote: >> I also had a triple Seagate drive failure within 2 months, >> two of them within a week -- and I did lose *backups* of my primary >> drives! > > My test disks go through a lot of unusual workloads which often > include frequent emergency head unloads with immediately following > spin up and Seagate has been the sturdiest for quite some time now. > It's sad to hear that they're degressing. :-( It seems like most of the problems have been firmware and not mechanical, but a coworker did have a Seagate 7200.11 disk recently start getting SMART errors, which doesn't seem like any of the usual firmware symptoms that have been reported. Went with a WD Caviar Black for a recent drive purchase instead.. hopefully Seagate will get their act together for the next models.