I've been buying external 3TB drives in USB 2.0 enclosures and just yanking them out of the enclosures. Toss them into a raid system and you're good for data storage needs.
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Greg Sevart <[email protected]> wrote: > WD has the best warranty service by far. Hitachi makes the most > RAID-friendly drives, and their economical to boot. Therefore, almost all of > my drives are either WD or HGST (and they'll soon be one house pending > regulatory hurdles). > > I wouldn't buy refurb drives for data I cared about or didn't have stored > redundantly and/or backed up. They've undergone at least 2 more rounds of > shipping, which I personally believe is the underlying cause of a good chunk > of drive failures. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Thinkpad W520 > > Gary, > Understand that money is tight; for all of us. $170 for 750GB is a buy for > me. > Considering that my 'surveillance' class 500GB drives now price a $235. > I still shudder about the $400-$800 I paid in the past for 80-160GB drives. > Fine. Stupid me! But all of my current drives are many years past their > warranty and still opnorml! > Duncan > > > On 02/23/2012 16:20, Gary Udstrand wrote: >> The WD looks nice, I see NewEgg has the 750G refurb for $99. Nice price >> but I am not sure what to expect with a refurb. The new one is $169.99 > so >> I suspect a lot of people might think twice about a refurb hard drive.... >> >> -- >> Gary >> http://www.twigsandtracks.com >> Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and Tracks >> Blog: Painted >> Falls<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2011/06/25/painted-falls/?utm_sou >> rce=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=painted-falls> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Anthony Q. > Martin<[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I just don't believe one can make solid statements (and be credible) >>> about the reliability of hard drives...but for me the WD is a good >>> choice. You need a black, IMO, for video work. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2/22/2012 11:40 AM, Gary Udstrand wrote: >>> >>>> Finally took the plunge and ordered a new laptop. For the primary >>>> drive I opted for the SSD drive and am planning on adding additional >>>> storage to the other bay. I like the capacity of the 1TB WD and >>>> Samsung drives but a second look at their performance has me looking >>>> at other drives. >>>> >>>> In the 750G range there appears to be two 7200RPM options, the Seagate >>>> Momentus and the Western Digital. I would like the drive to be fast >>>> (doing video, audio and digital photo work) but it needs to be reliable >>>> too. One of these rise above the other? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Gary >>>> http://www.twigsandtracks.com >>>> Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and >>>> Tracks Blog: Painted >>>> Falls<http://blog.**twigsandtracks.com/2011/06/25/** >>>> painted-falls/?utm_source=rss&**utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=** >>>> painted-falls<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2011/06/25/painted-fall >>>> s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=painted-falls> >>>> > >
