[TriLUG] Hardware: Most reliable IDE HD brand?

[Roy Vestal]

If you are setting up a server, I would still go with SCSI if at all
possible. If it's a developmental server, I wouldn't be as "nervous" about
your RAID setup.

Just my $0.02, change is appreciated...

----- Original Message -----
From: "B. Evans" <bpevans at bellsouth.net>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Hardware: Most reliable IDE HD brand?


> Ed Hill wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 16:35, B. Evans wrote:
> >
> >
> >>It used to be that IBM drives were widely regarded as the most reliable
> >>consumer IDE hd's you could buy.  I haven't paid too much attention to
> >>this area lately but would like an idea of who makes the most reliable
> >>IDE hd.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Be warned: IDE drives have become a commodity with razor-thin margins
> >and, probably as a result, all manufacturers are currently switching to
> >1-yr instead of 3-yr warranties.
> >
> >I've had excellent luck with IBM drives but they're in the process of
> >exiting the IDE HD business (selling that division).  I hear that the
> >current Maxtor and Western Digital drives are good but due to past
> >experiences with WD (mid-90's) I'll never knowingly buy another of
> >theirs.  And Fujitsu had a bad production run in the last year--see past
> >issues of the Inquirer (http://www.theinquirer.net/) for details.
> >
> >Ed
> >
> >
> >
> Doesn't sound like a very good situation these days.  I ask because I
> want to setup a cheap RAID 0 file server.   I really need only about 4gb
> so size isn't an issue.  Would a SCSI RAID0 system be any more reliable
> for near the same cost?
>
> Thanks again,
> bp
>
>
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