Where do you guys buy your drives from that you have had such good luck with WD and not Seagate? Since 1994 I have had countless failures with Maxtor and Western Digital disks. In fact just a few weeks ago I had TWO Western Digitals fail in the same server and they were Raid Edition disks! In my lifetime I have had maybe two Seagate drives fail.
It also makes a huge difference, with any brand, what model of drive you buy. If you buy a cheap version of any of them then you are just asking for issues. Western digital I would stick with anything "Black edition" or better. Seagate I would stick with anything XT or better. Avoid the cheapy versions of anything, most of the time those cheapy disks are not tested before leaving the factory. -- Adam Kennedy Network Engineer Omnicity, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:15 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Seagate 7200.11 Hard Drives In 25+ years of experience, Seagates & Maxtors have always been a let down. Western Digital is the best. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: > I've had really good luck with the Seagates for a long time now but > china-mart finally caught up to them. > > Bob- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 10:08 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Seagate 7200.11 Hard Drives > > Friends dont let friends use Seagates :) > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> > wrote: >> FYI. >> >> >> >> If anyone is using Seagate 7200.11 SATA hard drives (500gb to the > terabyte) >> and have been experiencing random blue screens or lockups, they have been >> having firmware problems for awhile on these drives and you should backup >> your data and send them back to Seagate via RMA. The 7200.11 can be >> usually found on the top left hand corner. >> >> >> >> I've found that even in a raid, they can fail pretty much at the same time >> and thus thwarting the protection of the raid. >> >> >> >> I've talked to one other WISPA member who had this problem (As well as my >> own experience with them - 5 sent back already on my own) and thought >> others may want to look to see what's in their servers. They were flashed >> with the wrong firmware and experience a countdown of sorts then > eventually >> fail. Again, if in a raid, they will essentially fail at the same time if >> installed at the same time. >> >> >> >> I have went as far as RMAing one that showed no issues and they replaced >> that one as well with no questions. >> >> >> >> Robert West >> >> Just Micro Digital Services Inc. >> >> 740-335-7020 >> >> >> >> Logo5 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
