On 29/08/2014 00:56, Joseph wrote: > So there seems to be a pattern :-/ > How about SSD they are not that much more? Will it withstand Gentoo > compilations :-) ?
No. There is not a pattern. Two guys used drives for 5 years and then they failed. 5 years? Wow. That's double what you can reasonably expect, you got good service. SSDs are much more expensive than spinning disks, 1TB will cost a fortune. But they work in Gentoo very well - I'm on my second and this one is 256G, still runs as fast as the day I got it. > > -- > Joseph > > On 08/28/14 22:46, Mick wrote: >> On Thursday 28 Aug 2014 21:45:10 Joseph wrote: >>> I need to select 500GB or 1TB infernal 2.5in drive, any recommendation >>> (reliability) of the brand. My current WD 320GB fail after 5-years. >> >> Interesting ... mine also failed catastrophically a couple of months >> ago after >> around 5 years of continuous use. >> >> Which reminds me to run a backup on my Seagate: >> >> Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 >> Device Model: ST9500420ASG >> >> I'm not sure how much anecdotal reports on reliable drives actually hold >> water, unless we're talking about an epidemic of failures like I seem to >> recall Dell's Seagate drives experienced a few years ago. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Mick > > > > > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
