Hmm. I guess I am unaware of this "Deep Recovery Cycle". I bought them since they seemed to be dependable drive from what I read... Mine have been flawless so far.
This description makes them sound pretty good... The Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive is top-of-the-line 7200 RPM high-capacity drive for your PC. Its dual processors and breakthrough 32 MB cache makes this hard drive suitable for high-performance home and business computing, as it can handle high-end data-intensive and multimedia applications. This hard drive incorporates WD’s Data Lifeguard, an exclusive set of data protection features, including shock protection, environmental protection, real-time embedded error detection and repair. Its mechanism ensures automatic discovery, isolation, and repair of problems which may develop in a hard drive. -- JRS [email protected] Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. ________________________________ From: Christopher Fisk <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:36:35 AM Subject: Re: [H] Which 1TB(ish) drive to use in RAID-1 setup? On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, JRS wrote: > I wanted a good warranty for the drives in my RAID setup, so I have a pair of > WD Black 1Tb drives in one NAS and a pair of Seagate 1 Tb drives in the > other. Both are 5 yr warranty drives... > > The WD's are only 104 bucks right now at NewEgg. The Netgear came with one > Seagate, so I bought the matching drive for it, otherwise it would have 2 of > the WD Blacks in it as well. :) I was looking at the blacks, mentioned it in my post I thought. The issue I have with that is that WD says not to use them in a raid because of the Deep Recovery Cycle. I assume if the drive is going into deep recovery cycle they are getting close to death anyways and I shouldn't notice any problems? Christopher Fisk -- [Brian is working as a guide dog and has taken a blind man to see "The Blair Witch Project"] Brian: Okay, they're - they're in the woods. The camera keeps on moving. Uh... I think they're looking for some witch or something; I don't know, I wasn't listening. Nothing's happening. Nothing's happening. Something about a map. Nothing's happening. It's over. A lot of people in the audience look pissed. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
