Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive
On Sat, Oct 11, 1997 at 08:38:23PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> Simon Karpen <slk@acm.rpi.edu> writes:
> > Which WD drives have you had good luck with?
> > I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year...
>
> I have several (3) old Caviar drives. One is a 170 meg and the other
> two are 540 meg. One is six years old; the other, probably about 5;
> and the third is about the same. All worked fine for at least the
> first 4-5 years of their life even though they were powered up
> 24/7/365. The 170 developed some bad sectors about 1/2 year ago; the
> younger 540 meg had the same problem at about the same time. The
> 5-year-old 540 meg is still going strong.
>
> Considering that they were all cheap IDE drives, originally installed
> in a poorly-ventilated case, it is not bad.
I have similar good experiences with WD. I have a 730mb which is nearly
3 years old (light load, 24/7 operation) which works fine; actually
come to think of it I have an old 340mb from about 4-5 years ago
which has been running 24/7 for the last two years with no problems.
The 730 has a bad sector or two and is quite noisy now but is otherwise
fine. I have a 1.6GB in my workstation which is nearly two years old.
I also have a Quantum 3.2Gb of about one year in this machine
and I find the Quantum to be a bit slower. I would probably buy WD again,
although I would want ultra DMA next, or maybe even SCSI (which WD
don't do?)
Hamish
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