Re: Durable 2T Harddrive Recommendations

In article <4f0bb427$0$1711$742ec2ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <vilain-97AA42.23031308012012@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Michael Vilain <vilain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <2012010819151975834-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I know I should probably ask this somewhere more appropriate but I
trust the folk around here.

Anyone have recommendations on manufacturer that they consider really
dependable for a 2T Firewire drive?

Hints, clues, tips, tricks: all welcomed.

Stay away from any Western Digital drive. And pay no attention to
anyone who says they're great. Their's just haven't crashed yet. A
friend bought one at Fry's which was DOA. He returned it and got
another that died after 6 weeks. Since he didn't pay for extended
warrantee, he sent the dead drive back to WD. 6 weeks later, he got a
replacement which died in 1 month. He swears NO WD drivers, ever again.

YMMV. You have been warned.

Which brand is most reliable varies by the manufacturing batch. I've
had a RAID full of Seagates fail yet perfect luck with WD.

That's another argument for a Drobo - you can avoid consecutive serial
numbers when you purchase your own drives. Some diversity reduces the
risk of having multiple drives fail at once.

The only bad brand that I recall is IBM. Their Deskstar, aka
"Deathstar", lineup caused IBM to sell off their drive business to
Hitachi. The media bonding was weak and the firmware lacked wear
leveling.

A problem I have with some manufacturers is that they go to some lengths
to conceal the warranty periods. I can't find it at all for Seagate on
their WWW site; Hitachi used to be pretty good. WD has it right up front.

Steve

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