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**Force Flow** · 05-31-2008, 09:16 PM

I quite agree with everything glc has said earlier.

I was a WD-only tech for a number of years. I've since switched over to Seagate in the last two years or so.

I've gotten too many bad WD drives as of late, plus Seagate does have the longer 5-year warranty. Seagate's quality *today* seems to be in the lead, and I've been satisifed with them, and the people I've reccommended them to have been satisfied.

Just as an interesting note...within the last few months, I've decommissioned half a dozen servers at one worksite that had old "deathstar" drives (that were 7 years old, and presumably running pretty much 24/7 since that time), as well as a few quantum fireballs. Surprisingly, all these drives execpt one were up and running at about the time I decommissioned the servers. The one that failed was a deathstar in a mirrored array (the second drive was fine).

I am quite surprised at how lucky these folks were.

05-31-2008, 09:16 PM	#22
Force Flow Barefoot on the Moon! Staff Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Northeastern USA Posts: 13,379	I quite agree with everything glc has said earlier. I was a WD-only tech for a number of years. I've since switched over to Seagate in the last two years or so. I've gotten too many bad WD drives as of late, plus Seagate does have the longer 5-year warranty. Seagate's quality today seems to be in the lead, and I've been satisifed with them, and the people I've reccommended them to have been satisfied. Just as an interesting note...within the last few months, I've decommissioned half a dozen servers at one worksite that had old "deathstar" drives (that were 7 years old, and presumably running pretty much 24/7 since that time), as well as a few quantum fireballs. Surprisingly, all these drives execpt one were up and running at about the time I decommissioned the servers. The one that failed was a deathstar in a mirrored array (the second drive was fine). I am quite surprised at how lucky these folks were. __________________ There are two secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day, and you have to have a dream.