thanks for the input- most of the bad things that i had been hearing were coming from the slashdot crowd (perhaps not the best place for facts...), as well as the change of most mfgrs going from a 3yr warranty to a 1yr warranty.
i will do some shopping then, thanks for the offer. dylan on 03.10.5 10:40 AM, Rod Roark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] was reported to have writen: > On Sunday 05 October 2003 11:43 am, dylan wrote: >> hi -- >> >> I am currently looking for new ( < 20GB ) IDE drive for a small scale linux >> server that we are setting up. realistically, we don't event need 5Gb of >> space, however it would be nice to have a little breathing room for future >> expansion. >> >> I have heard numerous *not so great* things about a lot of the new high >> density drives (> 40Gb) such as a 1 yr warranty, and tendency to die >> unexpectedly. >> >> any input would be greatly appreciated. > > Do you have a reference to problems with newer drives? My > general impression is that they just keep getting better and > cheaper. If you get a current name brand 5400 RPM unit you > should get plenty of life out of it. Better yet, get two so > you can easily back up to the extra one. > > That said, I have an 8GB Fujitsu MPD3084AT manufactured in > 1999. Send me a customer and it's yours. ;-) > > -- Rod > http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." -Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
