[TriLUG] Best 2TB drive for RAID-6 array

[OlsonE at aosa.army.mil]

In order of my personal preference (and past exp): 

#1 Samsung Spinpoint F3EG
#2 WD Green WD20EARS
#3 Seagate Barracuda ST32000641AS

Based off of #1 - least amount of failures, #2 - less noise/heat produced, and #3 - 5 year warranty. Prior to this, I would have said Seagate hands down, but have had a few failures in my 250gb drives purchased ~3 years ago. I use a few WD Green series drives for some home backup... and they work like a champ. 

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Ron Kelley
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:11 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: [TriLUG] Best 2TB drive for RAID-6 array

Greetings all,

I need to build a large storage array for our lab (16 drives in RAID-6) and have been looking into 2 TB SATA drives.  We need capacity over speed, so SAS drives won't be used.  So far, the current version of Seagate 2 TB drives don't seem to be reliable as the 1 TB drives, and the Western Digital drives appeared to be just as bad (according to the reviews @ newegg.com and other places).

>From what I can tell, the best brand of high-capacity drives is Samsung. Specifically the "SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3EG" model (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152202).  I looked  the Hitachi desk star drives and they also appear to have decent ratings.

Does anyone have a good opinion on which are the best 2 TB drives in production currently?  


-Ron
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