From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Ok to go ahead with this setup? Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:44:53 -0700 Message-ID: <449B55A5.5030703@zytor.com> References: <62b0912f0606221104q2f47f574i86441efed5831957@mail.gmail.com> <62b0912f0606221511p74a78ca5id4b5d3f870258815@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <62b0912f0606221511p74a78ca5id4b5d3f870258815@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Molle Bestefich Cc: Christian Pernegger , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids 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/ > I have exactly the opposite experience. More than 50% of Maxtor drives fail inside 18 months; WDs seem to be really solid. -hpa