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DELLete it, I mean the quote you have and shop somewhere else. Jürgen - Jürgen Bosch Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 Baltimore, MD 21205 Phone: +1-410-614-4742 Lab: +1-410-614-4894 Fax: +1-410-955-3655 http://web.mac.com/bosch_lab/ On Oct 26, 2010, at 9:52 PM, Edward A. Berry wrote: > Another question about computer hardware- If I configure a computer at the > Dell site, it costs about $700 to add a 2TB SATA drive. > On amazon.com or Staples or such, a 2TB drive costs ~$110. to $200 > depending on brand. > > Are the Dell-installed drives much faster, or more reliable, or have > a better warranty? After all, RAID is supposed to stand for redundant > array of inexpensive disks, and we could afford a lot more redundancy > at the Amazon.com price. > > And, are there any brands or models that should be avoided due to known > reliability issues? > > Thanks, > eab
