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Need a new hard drive
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:53 pm
by Addict
So my 200GB Seagate went up in flames - literally - yesterday. Nothing like seeing a flame shoot out the side of your computer.
Hopefully I'll be able to fix it and get some of the data off.
I need a new set of drives (RAID 1). I store a lot of pictures, MP3s, and videos. I also stream a good bit to my Xbox and other PCs. I was looking at getting 2 WD 1TB drives. These:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136284 This is only to store data. I have 2 Raptors for the OS.
Any thoughts? I've always had good luck with WD in the past.
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:11 pm
by terrancelam
WD isn't a bad brand and they have excellent support in terms of warranty. I would go with them or Seagate (whatever you can get your hands on).
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:34 am
by Addict
They've been good so far. My raptors are about 6 years old now. *knocks on wood*
I hate shopping for parts. I always find things that I want to buy in addition to what I need to buy.
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:54 pm
by Joint Chiefs of Staff
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:12 pm
by YeOldeStonecat
Them 'r nice....lotsa storage, and quite fast...32 megs of cache = yummy.
Seagate and WD are my favorite brands based on experience, for reliability.
Love the Raptors too..enterprise grade..including warranty..hence 5+ years of life expectation.
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:03 pm
by Ken
The VelociRaptors are great drives and fast, but a bit expensive for storage... For storage, I prefer to use enterprise calibur 500 GB drives, I have quite a few of these 2...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148294
The Seagate Barracuda
ES.2 are enterprise drives as are the...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136143
Western Digital Caviar
RE2
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:44 pm
by Addict
Too pricey for storage. I love my Raptors, but I can't justify that price for storing files.
I'll check out that WD drive. 24x7 duty cycle is pretty much what this box does.
Seagate left a bad taste in my mouth. Kinda like Maxtor.
RE: Network-Attached Storage (NAS)
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:00 pm
by Andrzej
I strongly do NOT RECOMMEND
Maxtor Shared Storage II - 1TB
It was working for me only 2 mths
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:54 pm
by David
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... e=10009089
That or the Hitachi 1TB drives, doable for a little over 100USD.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:59 pm
by YARDofSTUF
Hitachi has some nice speedy drives.
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:42 pm
by Ken
Addict wrote:Too pricey for storage. I love my Raptors, but I can't justify that price for storing files.
I'll check out that WD drive. 24x7 duty cycle is pretty much what this box does.
Seagate left a bad taste in my mouth. Kinda like Maxtor.
I doubt that it was a Seagate "ES2" that failed on you... That is an enterprise hdd. I would bet it was the model 7200.10 or the SV35.2. Those drives are cheaper for a reason...
Make sure it is the drive that I linked you to; Seagate ES2 or Western Digital RE2. It is not worth buying the cheaper models...
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:59 pm
by YeOldeStonecat
Ken wrote:I doubt that it was a Seagate "ES2" that failed on you... That is an enterprise hdd. I would bet it was the model 7200.10 or the SV35.2. Those drives are cheaper for a reason...
Make sure it is the drive that I linked you to; Seagate ES2 or Western Digital RE2. It is not worth buying the cheaper models...
Yup...all the brands will sell several "grades" of hard drives. You'll usually find an entry level drive family with a 1 year warranty, low MTBF hour ratings...those are for the el cheapo models of computers. Such as Seagates old "U-Series", and WD "Protege" series. And a mid range family of drives, usually a 3 year warranty, MTBF up above 500,000 hours, and a higher "enterprise grade" of drives, 5 year warranty, over an MTBF rating higher than 1.2 million hours.