Unfortunately, my experience is somewhat different -- I've had a Quantum Grand Prix 4.3GB die on me (dead spindle) after 10 months (and my office had 4 other identical models die with dead spindles and data errors); a micropolis 1GB ages ago die after 18 months (another dead spindle), and I've known of WD quality control problems (caviar 1.6GB wrong cleaning fluid recall...)
I'm using a Seagate 2GB 5400rpm now... hopefully a slow drive won't run too hot and kill the bearings... I think if you keep a drive cool it'll have a better chance at longevity. If reliability is your primary objective, rather than cost, buy two drives and mirror them. There's really no other alternative that will drastically reduce your risk of hardware failure. If you've really got money to burn, run them on a RAID controller too -- hardware RAID offers performance far better than software mirroring. TL On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, Simon Karpen wrote: > From: Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:26:56 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive > > Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB, > Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but > seems to be very solid. I've never had any real problems with Quantum drives, > but I can say to stay away from any form of Conner/Seagate/Western Digital > drives. The failure rates are *horrible*. I've also heard many good things > about the recent IBM drives. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
