At 17:15 -0400 09/07/2002, Alan Kim wrote: >I dropped out of the SCSI chase when the Cheetahs and X15s came out, >mostly due >to budgetary constraints. Still glad I forked out the money for the Miles card >and the Barracuda but never got around to tinkering with RAID. >Any ideas on their IDE drives ? >With two IBM IDE drive failures, I just want some peace of mind and Seagate's >IDE drives may offer better reliability.
Personally, I wouldn't avoid the IBMs. No drive manufacturer is producing uniformly low quality products or they wouldn't still be in business. Every manufacturer has a dud line from time to time. I operate on the theory that unless I've heard good statistical evidence that a line of drives has poor reliability, they all have about the same reliability. That is, you can expect to have a drive failure at some point. Keep good backups. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
