Craig White wrote: > On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 06:24 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > >>> hardly surprising at all...consumer grade SATA hard drives have >>> >> become >> >>> unreliable and that is why none of the manufacturer's warranties >>> >> them >> >>> beyond a year now. >>> >>> >>> >> Really? All of my Seagate drives that I purchase here in Taiwan have >> 3 >> year warranties. >> > ---- > actually some of the WD and Seagate drives have up to a 5 year warranty > but you have to be careful which you buy (I think the Caviar and > Barracuda respectively). > Did I read your previous message incorrectly? I thought you were saying that "none of the manufacturer's warranties them beyond a year now." And now you seem to be saying that you can get 3 and 5 year warranties on WD and Seagate drives. You've confused me. > The simple truth is as they have increased densities for higher amounts > of storage, the error rates have remained constant and they are more > prone to failure. > Are you making any differentiation between badspot failures and total drive failure? > Though I have stopped using RAID-5, this link is pretty sobering... > > http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/technology/features/article.php/3839636 > > and there are varying grades of SATA drives being sold so there is a > need to be cautious. > I think the idea of "varying grades" extends well beyond SATA drives. :-) Caveat emptor. -- God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. -- Paul Valery Guess Who! http://tinyurl.com/mc4xe7
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