On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 19:27, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 01:50:30PM -0400, Danthevb6man@aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 7/6/03 6:55:47 AM Central Daylight Time,
> > shri@urbyte.com writes:
> >
> > > Was the hard disk IBM by any chance. IBM hard drives are renowned
> > > for their click of death. Nothing to do with Linux. I think it might
> > > have been co-incidence that the harddrive burnt out same time you
> > > installed linux but I am not a hardware expert.
> >
> > I just bought a new hard drive, and I almost bought an IBM. I'm
> > really glad I saw this message first, I ended up buying a Seagate.
> > Does anybody else have any recommendations--or warnings--on which
> > brands of hard drives are good or bad?
>
> That's a loaded question. Most opinions you get will be just that
> opinions. Much like any other "preference", such as which editor or
> environment to use. I've got two IBM drives that I've been very happy
> with. I've also got Seagate and Maxtor drives that I'm very happy with,
> along with Fujitsu, Quantum and Western Digital. Have I had drive
> failures? Yea with drives from all manufacturers but IBM. Does that
> mean that IBM's drives are better, not in my book. Does it mean they
> are worse, again not in my book.
I have heard reports of higher rates of failure with IBM harddrives in
the cases where hundreds of the drives were used. I remember figures
along the lines of having to replace a hard drive every week. In the
end, they replaced the entire set with another brand never to have to
replace a hard drive again (at least for a while).
Hear say, I admit but nevertheless. I am a bit biased though since the
only hard drive that has died on me so far(touch wood) is an IBM.
Just my 0.02p
Shri
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