Steve Camp wrote:
What brand / make / model ATA / SATA hard disks do you prefer?I am looking to purchase some SATA disks in the 160 - 300GB size. I got a good deal (I think) on a Samsung OEM 250GB disk for $95 at my local MicroCenter, but read on the web a few days later one gamer / system builder / geeks-on-call type that he had *4* Samsung OEM disks all die on him. So he swore off Samsung. So whom do you like / recommend? I'm currently organizing a list in my mind that looks something like: #1 Seagate Barracuda SATA disks #2 Hitachi Deskstar (formerly IBM) #3 Fujitsu (models not known) #4,5,6 Maxtor, Samsung, Western Digital Intended use is for a server (NFS, maybe SAMBA) in a RAID-1 (mirrored) configuration. I am thinking of using an ASUS A8V, A8V-E SE, or one of the A8N Nvidia Nforce4 motherboards. OSes to include: FreeBSD, Linux, Winbloze (maybe). Your experiences, expertise, recommendations are most welcome. -- Steve Camp [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Hands down, WD or Maxtor for S-ATA drives. Have had problems with S-ATA drives made by Seagate, and frankly - just don't trust them. Be careful if using RAID arrays though, Western Digital in particular because there are different drive models/firmware if using RAID or not (changes the error-correction algorithm).
Performance wise - WD's Raptor series, or (in larger capacities, ie 250/320gb s-ata) 'SD'-model'd drives (RAID edition) have been great for us. I've got at least 30 servers running WD drives in RAID arrays.
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