[TriLUG] Hard drive advice

[Cristobal Palmer]

I'll echo Joe's comments and give an endorsement to Intrex, especially
since they give discounts to TriLUG members. That said, if you don't
_mind_ keeping shipping supplies around and are meticulous about
keeping records (such as receipts), then you can safely go with an
internet bargain that includes a nice (eg. 3-5 yr.) warranty.

:)

-CMP

On 9/20/05, David McDowell <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Exactly... buy something solid, not a low grade line, make sure it has
> a good warranty... brand?  HA... I've had drives from every major
> manufacturer break and some still alive LONG after warranties are
> expired.  What makes the difference?  Being smart about *backing up
> your data* and not buying cheap... like if Belkin made harddrives...
> maybe I wouldn't buy those... but WD, Maxtor, Seagate, all those guy's
> top lines... just buy for price (and compare stats such as length of
> warranty and X MB of buffer, etc.)  I don't think you can really go
> wrong.
>
> have fun,
> David McD
>
>
> On 9/19/05, Joel Ebel <jbebel at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> > You will likely start a significant argument over different people's
> > experiences with different brands of drives, and everyone's experiences
> > will vary wildly.  The truth is that with any new drive you purchase,
> > especially large ones, it hasn't been around long enough to have good
> > reliability data.  If performance is what you are interested in, then
> > consider the Maxtor Maxline III.  It comes in a 300 GB version, and has
> > a 16 MB buffer.  It comes in SATA and PATA interfaces, so make sure you
> > get the right one.  It also comes with a 5 year warranty, something many
> > people will cite as a benefit of the Seagate drives, but for this line
> > of Maxtors you get it too.  I've been using a Maxline Plus II for a
> > while now and it has performed quite well and without errors.  But as
> > for any critical data, you should consider RAID and backups crucial.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > Andrew Perrin wrote:
> > > Any preferences out there for large-capacity ATA (not SCSI or SATA for
> > > this application) hard drives? I'd love to go near 300GB if possible but
> > > can do with less if necessary.
> > >
> > > Thanks-
> > > Andy
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
> > > Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
> > > clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu
> > >
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