From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jim@rubylane.com Subject: Re: Hard drive Reliability? Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:42:08 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040519224208.28155.qmail@paris.rubylane.com> References: <1085004124.8670.3.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1085004124.8670.3.camel@localhost> from "John Lange" at May 19, 2004 05:02:05 PM To: John Lange Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids > > > WD junk. So, lesson learned to stay away form WD drives; correct or > > not. > > I'd agree with the one addition that, unfortunately they _ALL_ seem to > be junk. Unfortunately, in my discussions with various associates we > can't seem to come to any consensus on any particular brands being > better or worse than others. Our experience with Maxtor 60GB, 80GB, 120GB, various models, confirms it isn't just WD. In my opinion, all of the disk manufacturers have become so price competitive that they cannot produce an excellent product at the current price points. If big PC manufacturers don't care whose drive they use as long as it lasts at least 1 year (the PC warranty period) in a home computer that is mostly idle or off, and they only care about cost, there is little motivation for drive manufacturers to produce a reliable drive - only a cheap one.