On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 18:08 -0600, Jon Nelson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Jon Nelson wrote: > > > >> What about Hitachi? > >> > >> Samsung has been my go-to drive for the better part of a decade, and > >> Seagate hasn't won any favor with me, so I've been relying on Samsung > >> and Hitachi with great results - so far. > > > Enterprise or 'desktop' disks Jon? > > Desktop. This is what I've got: > > Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 (HDT725032VLA360) > SAMSUNG SpinPoint T166 series (HD321KJ) > Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 family (ST3320620AS)* > WDC WD3200AAKS-75VYA0 > > * the seagate has the infamous 3.AAK firmware. > > I've almost always used Hitachi or Samsung, although I often > "repurpose" drives from friends and I've had quite a few Maxtor and > Seagate. The Hitachi does seem to run a bit hotter but it is probably > my favorite drive of the bunch. The Samsung is nice and quiet, > vibration-free, like the Hitachi and WD. The Seagate vibrates and is > the second after the first died within the first few hours. > > If I were to buy replacement drives, I almost always look at Hitachi > and Samsung first. What sort of volume of disks are you using, and what loads? (24/7 with high load?) > -- 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
