Drives categorized for server use will typically have 3-5 year warranties. The 1-2 year warranties are for desktop drives. Server drives also cost more for little or no actual benefit other than the warranty.
Because disks are consumables these days. Treat them like the tires of your car: something to be used up and replaced before they fail outright. Get a stack of disks that you can afford and preferably from different manufacturing batches just in case there is a systemic fault. Use 'em up and toss/recycle them in 3-4 years. -- Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss