im with ya at work we have a some IDE RAID5's and some of the disks get shot to pieces and we had to get a new one at least every two months.
they just crap themselves. tom "Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you." -F. Scott Fitzgerald- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:43 PM Subject: RE: [SLUG] hard drive choices > I think it's exactly the other way around. High demand, home use > products tend to become commoditized leading to cheaper and cheaper > manufacturing processes as right through the supply chain there is > price sensitivity. > > I've got to say that apart from a few IBM's that I salvaged out of a > IDE RAID unit for home use, which eventually failed, and came as no > suprise that my disks at home have generally only been retired due to > size constraints. With SCSI this isn't a problem, IDE you are somewhat > limited (without performance loss) to a single drive per channel. I've > been through 2x40GB (IBM DeskStars) to 2x80GB (Seagate Barracuda > III's) to 2x120GB (Western Digital Caviar). replaced at approximately > 12 month intervals on a machine that rarely powers down and has > filesystem integrity checks done every month or so. Typically I find > that at retirement they are in about as good condition as when they > started. > > I have found that IDE disks that get very heavy read/write tend to die > much faster than SCSI. As an example the h/w IDE RAID in the office > which used 6 disks in RAID 5 and was getting hit very hard 24 hrs / > day would chew a disk about once a month. > > YMMV. > > Brett > > :> -----Original Message----- > :> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :> [mailto:slug-admin@;slug.org.au]On Behalf Of > :> Tom > :> Sent: Monday, 28 October 2002 2:32 PM > :> To: Matthew Hannigan > :> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > :> Subject: Re: [SLUG] hard drive choices > :> > :> > :> well ive got a couple scsi's at home > :> they get switche on and off quite a bit > :> and the drive on the testing machine i have at home goes > :> through a bit of > :> torture as far as usage goes. > :> > :> i agree with the analysis though. IDE get some thrashing > :> as far as usage go. > :> but youd think theyd be able to make a more stable drive > :> seeing that there > :> is alot of demand for them now. > :> > :> especially with a lot of people doing alot of home editing > :> and video at > :> home. they shouldnt pike the home users on good working hardware. > :> > :> its bad manufacturing practise IMHO. > :> > :> tom > :> > :> "Either you think, or else others have to think for you > :> and take power from > :> you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize > :> and sterilize > :> you." > :> -F. Scott Fitzgerald- > :> > :> > :> ----- Original Message ----- > :> From: "Matthew Hannigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :> To: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :> Cc: "Paul L Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Marty Richards" > :> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:17 PM > :> Subject: Re: [SLUG] hard drive choices > :> > :> > :> > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:41:25PM +1100, Tom wrote: > :> > > i have had an absolute shocker with seagate drives. > :> > > i like their scsi drives but as far as IDE goes, NO WAY. > :> > > as was said in a previous post - IDE reliability is > :> basically a thing of > :> the > :> > > past. > :> > > :> > I had heard that ide drives were pretty much the same > :> > as scsi drives these days, mechanically at least. > :> > Would make manufacturing sense to me. > :> > > :> > Perhaps they do tests on the not quite finished drive > :> > and the ones making the loudest noises get the ide firmware > :> > and the best get the scsi firmware? Non-destructive testing > :> > will tell you a lot I imagine. > :> > > :> > > :> > I know one thing; your typical scsi drive gets a lot nicer > :> > life that the typical ide one; scsi drives tend to be > :> > constantly (clean) powered in a clean air-conditioned room > :> > and never moved. > :> > > :> > They tend to fail only when being powered on. > :> > I used to maintain a box with tons (>50) of scsi disks and > :> > we use to get one failure almost every time we turned > :> > it on. (every 6 months or so) > :> > > :> > IDE drives, by comparison get turned on and off daily, > :> > and live through cold winters and hot summers and cope > :> > with household dust and sometimes ciggy smoke. And > :> > get shoved around from desk to desk and sometimes via > :> > someones car boot. > :> > > :> > Poor things. > :> > Of the four IDE drives I've bought in the last few years > :> > none have failed. I had one SCSI drive which failed to > :> > start up, but that doesn't really count; it was an old > :> > re-conditioned one. > :> > > :> > > :> > Matt > :> > > :> > > :> > :> -- > :> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > :> More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > :> > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
