Are you sure its a hardware problem? I would test the drives before condemning them. Is it something where the drive is going to sleep because of inactivity?
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com>wrote: > For desktop/home use... I find it better to purchase drives with 5 year > warranties than ones with 1-3 year warranties. I have had multiple Western > Digital "desktop" drives with 3 year warranties fail over the years > sometimes, sometimes right after the warranty ended, and sometimes early in > their life. Western Digital has/had a warranty warranty replacement where > they just send you another drive and a label to send the old one back, > though they do ask for a credit card in case you don't send the failed > drive back. > > In the server world, when they go in hardware RAID arrays, I've seen > everyone's drives fail. That's why you use hot spares and have a service > contract. > > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Brian Toscano > <brian.tosc...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I think they all make fine drives, but I have only purchased hard drives >> in retail packages so I know they were shipped properly. Sometimes those >> NewEgg drives that come from OEM boxes of 20 are thrown in a box with a >> single sheet of bubble wrap and handed over to UPS to throw around some >> more before they arrive at your doorstep. >> >> >> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: >> >>> I have been experiencing periodic delays in disk access on our computer >>> and have been looking at getting a replacement disk to forestall any >>> difficulties and also to upgrade from CentOS 5.8 to CentOS 6.2 without >>> taking our computer down for a protracted period of time. >>> >>> In looking at disk reviews on Newegg, however, I see a lot of brands of >>> disks (WD, Seagate, Hitachi) with one-egg reviews and the title DOA. >>> >>> Is there anyone who makes a decent disk these days? >>> >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
