On Mon, 15 Nov 2004, Guy wrote: > I learned years ago that Maxtor drives have a high failure rate. I had > hoped they improved over the years, I guess not. My last Maxtor drive was > 800 Meg. Way overkill. :) Those were the days. > > Most of the time Maxtor drives have the best price. > You get what you paid for. > > I like SeaGate myself. But they have had some lemons. But those were 1 > model. Some of the Seagates are offering 5 year warrantys now too - that certianly puts them head to head with one of the old reasons to get SCSI. Eg: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=60962 This is £71.10 for 160GB/7200/8MB cache The Maxtor equiv. is £63.86 with no warranty mentioned on that vendors page. http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=147139 > Something to consider. A bad block does not indicate a failed drive. > However, this point is debatable. There is a reason they have spare blocks. > Most or all drives can re-locate a bad block to a spare. PITA to deal with at the next level up though. Gordon - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
