On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Lyle wrote: > I don't like to talk bad about brands, but Western Digital is one of the few > that I discuss. Western Digital has a wonderfull warrenty and is quite easy > to exchange bad HD's when needed. The problem is that WD hard drives have > to be replaced more often than any other brand that I have touched. Funny you should say this, for I have had exactly the opposite experience: I have built and configured dozens of systems and I have never seen a WD drive fail *once*. I have a Caviar 2200 that has been in heavy-use service for 8 years, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Consequently, I spec WD drives whenever possible (so by rights I should be seeing some failures now, since the vast majority of the drives I use are WD -- but that's not the case -- still the same reliability). The only time I have had to replace a WD was after the "bad controller" recall last year. If there is a brand I have had trouble with it is Quantum. My wholesaler stopped carrying them because they were having so many bad drives come back. -Stephen-
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