Are there any
decent hard disk manufacturers left out there? If the devices don't die from suddenly in the middle of writing a paper, they start giving threatening noises of imminent death one day after they get beyond the ever shortening warranty period. None of the ones I have that were produced in the past four years have survived very long and its starting to get really frustrating. In buying disks, I now buy two of equal size and use one as an external to backup data. Not cheap, especially with the accelerated rate of decay I've seen, recently.
Maxtor: one dead, one "clunking" (head position seek issues on start)
Western Digital: bearing whining
Seagate: ? (are they still around?)
Is it time to start throwing them into arrays at home?
Maybe its worth more to purchase the slower 5400rpm drives or those of smaller capacity for the sake of longevity?
01-12-2005, 10:54 AM
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