Comments on: RAID failure update http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/ Eric Cheng's Journal Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:07:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Victor A. http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/#comment-48165 Victor A. Sat, 27 May 2006 22:25:20 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/#comment-48165 <p>I don't buy WD drives anymore and the two I still have in use I essentally treat them as if they could fail at any moment (ie. backups of all data or data that can be lost are on those drives).</p> <p>Tend to stick with Seagate, Hitachi or for smooth silent read/writes Samsung (spinpoint series).</p> <p>Hope there is no data loss.</p> I don’t buy WD drives anymore and the two I still have in use I essentally treat them as if they could fail at any moment (ie. backups of all data or data that can be lost are on those drives).

Tend to stick with Seagate, Hitachi or for smooth silent read/writes Samsung (spinpoint series).

Hope there is no data loss.

]]> By: Curtis Leo http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/#comment-48127 Curtis Leo Sat, 27 May 2006 21:01:14 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/#comment-48127 <p>stick with Hitachi. Our lab testing shows hitachi drives to be out on top. for SCSI or FC drives, Seagate edges out Hitachi by a tad. If we could only have cheap, fast flash drives. next gen hybrid flash/disk drives. 2007 ;)</p> stick with Hitachi. Our lab testing shows hitachi drives to be out on top. for SCSI or FC drives, Seagate edges out Hitachi by a tad. If we could only have cheap, fast flash drives. next gen hybrid flash/disk drives. 2007 ;)

]]> By: echeng http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/#comment-48093 echeng Sat, 27 May 2006 19:27:35 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/#comment-48093 <p>I've already stopped buying WD drives. But I had to replace the failed Maxtor with another MAxtor, and with Seagate's acquisition of Maxtor, we may have to cross Seagate off of the list as well (even though they're at the top of my list right now, along with Hitachi).</p> I’ve already stopped buying WD drives. But I had to replace the failed Maxtor with another MAxtor, and with Seagate’s acquisition of Maxtor, we may have to cross Seagate off of the list as well (even though they’re at the top of my list right now, along with Hitachi).

]]> By: Alex http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/#comment-47920 Alex Sat, 27 May 2006 14:43:03 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/05/27/raid-failure-update/#comment-47920 <p>Repeat after me: I will never buy Maxtor or Western Digital drives again. I will never buy Maxtor or Western Digital drives again. I will never buy Maxtor or Western Digital drives again.</p> Repeat after me: I will never buy Maxtor or Western Digital drives again. I will never buy Maxtor or Western Digital drives again. I will never buy Maxtor or Western Digital drives again.

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