[Novalug] Hard Drives

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Mon Dec 2 20:50:53 EST 2013


Depending on how I set things up. either buying 5 drives (with 2 spares), or 6 drives (with 2
spares).

> HGST might not be much longer, earlier this year Western Digital bought
> HGST.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Maxwell Spangler <
> maxlists@maxwellspangler.com> wrote:
>
>>  On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 17:41 -0500, Jay Hart wrote:
>>
>> Its been years since I've bought drives (mine just keep working).
>>
>> Was wondering if there are any drive manufacturers I should stay away from.  Any of them having
>> major issues right now??
>>
>>  I've had problems with Seagate, Western Digital, Samsung, Hitachi GST,
>> IBM, HP, Fujitsu, Maxtor, CDC, Quantum, Plus, Miniscribe, Kalok, Iomega,
>> Conner.
>>
>> The problem seems to be related to their use of spinning disks and moving
>> heads.  :)
>>
>> Recently I've had success with Seagate, Western Digital, HGST mainly
>> because these are the only brands left.
>>
>> I think what you are really asking is: Are there any specific known
>> brands+models which have problems we should stay away from.  Like, for
>> example, the Seagate 7200.11 series from a few years ago that had some bad
>> firmware and could cause drives to fail even if their mechanicals were OK.
>>
>> I'm personally not aware of anything like that right now.  I buy what
>> looks good to me and expect them to fail randomly.  Just be prepared for it
>> and it's no big deal.
>>
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