On 2011-08-17 16:19:27, Dejan Ribič wrote: > BTW: Didn't Hitachi used to be IBM? I am just asking because > I didn't have the best experience with IBM drives, had two of them > and they both broke within 18 months(lucky for me I had quaranty for > them :D ).
Yes. Deathstar ring any bells? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi_Deskstar> Knock on wood I never had drives go bad on me (Seagate, IBM, Fujitsu, Maxtor, WD). Things change very quickly with drives, but perhaps this article is helpful to ascertain reliability (yes, it says SSD but it has lots of data on drives as well): <http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-rate,2923-3.html> /Allan -- Allan Wind Life Integrity, LLC <http://lifeintegrity.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110817143103.GD2690@vent.lifeintegrity.localnet