--- Narfi Stefansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know there are very likely valid technical reasons against WD > drives in linux, everything that I have heard about WD drives > bothers me deeply. > > On the other hand, if my Maxtor drive crashes tomorrow, that does > not mean that Maxtor is a bad brand, absolutely not. We cannot > infer anything about the reliability of the manufacturers from > individual drives. Now, if we have large scale reliability data, > then we can start talking ... [Actually, this list as a collective > may be able to provide such a large scale dataset].
Tell me you didn't have that in mind when you started typing this email. ;) This is a very good suggestion and I am all for it. Thanks! > But this is why I encourage everybody to participate in the > StorageReview drive reliability survey at > http://www.storagereview.com/ > Please stop by there and enter information your present and past > drives. > There is only one trick in this game: You can't view the results of > the survey without first registering at StorageReview and then > entering information on at least one hard drive. I'm surprised to see that name again. StorageReview has been a highly respected and valuable resource in the past, and I have used it quite a bit to make buying decisions. This is the first time I've seen someone else advertise it. > If you decide to register and enter data there, please don't bias > the survey by only entering information about drives that have > crashed on you or been DOA, enter instead information about all > your drives. > > Right now, the readers of StorageReview have entered data about a > total of 9059 drives. > > Narfi. > Good work, --LX __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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