wd are good but...

[drunkn_munky]

western digital are good but my dads company hosts websites and none of his servers use them because the hardware dude says that wd along with ibm harddrives arent very reliable.
I might get an 8mb cache but its a whole heap more expensive.

[drunkn_munky]

ivew gone and posted this in the wrong forum. this should be in "is the 7n400 pro 2 good" string

[PresterJohn]

Originally posted by drunkn_munky
western digital are good but my dads company hosts websites and none of his servers use them because the hardware dude says that wd along with ibm harddrives arent very reliable.
I might get an 8mb cache but its a whole heap more expensive.

and all that your story proves is ONE man's opinion...just one. [shrug]

i happen to kinda agree that the ibm's don't have a particularly good track record but i would place WD over maxtor when it comes to the higher capacity drives (40gb or more). but again, that is MY opinion and there are others here who love maxtor and swear they are very reliable.

[ArcticFox]

My 2 cents on Maxtors - some time ago I ordered an 80GB 7200rpm 2MB cache Maxi (with wings) from TCWO.com. I opened the box, and was looking at it, then I dropped it where it fell more than 5 feet onto rock hard linoliem floor. I didn't know at the time that my current computer wouldn't recognize that large of a drive, so I had no way of testing it.

Later on I was able to steal some time with another computer, so I wired up that drive which had been dropped and laying around on my desk for some time. Lo and behold - it worked. Now that I have the drive running as the primary slave (won't work as a primary master for some reason) without issues, I think it's safe to say that, while I won't be buying another Maxtor any time soon unless I buy a second 80GB 7200rpm 2MB and run them in RAID 0 along side at least one Raptor, I will recommend them to people that want a quiet, reliable computer.

[teengeek88]

i have had nothing but luck with maxtors they work great and i wouldnt even consider buying anything else

[Chiguy]

So far, the only hard drive manufacturers I've had no problems with are Seagate and Quantum (Although I'm not sure Quantum is all that great. The drive I had died but that was my own stupid fault). I just had a Western Digital die on me recently.

[ArcticFox]

Here's one for ya - If you think about it, all manufacturing being identical, a WD Raptor spinning at 10,000RPM won't last nearly as long as a 5400rpm WD. Anyone want to challenge that?

[sam]

Originally posted by ArcticFox
Here's one for ya - If you think about it, all manufacturing being identical, a WD Raptor spinning at 10,000RPM won't last nearly as long as a 5400rpm WD. Anyone want to challenge that?

at least my raptors have a 5 YEAR warr. when most others have 3 year or even 1 year warr.

[PresterJohn]

Originally posted by ArcticFox
Here's one for ya - If you think about it, all manufacturing being identical, a WD Raptor spinning at 10,000RPM won't last nearly as long as a 5400rpm WD. Anyone want to challenge that?

not necessarily.

if you use that argument, then the old 3,6000 rpm and slower drives are more 'reliable' then today's 5400 & 7200 rpm drives. might or might not be true...there's more to potential drive failure than just the motor.

in any event, as sam mentioned, the higher speed drives typically have a 3+ yr warranty.

[ArcticFox]

Yeah but those are old school, like don't matter. No one produces them today, but 5400rpm drives are common as are 7200rpm. I know I'd use 5400rpm drives by Maxtor in systems that would be used for basic tasks.