On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 04:17:33PM -0500, Rich Pieri wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:53:45 -0500 > Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > > Possibly, but other disks have worked well and lasted to more > > expected lifetimes, including Samsung, Seagate and WD Black. > > WD Greens don't suffer 70% failure rates after 1 year of service. That > your handful did suggests that you have a systemic fault in your > servers that affects some disks more adversely than others. Or you had > UPS deliver the WD Greens and FedEx deliver the Seagagtes.
OK, revised statement: I do not recommend the purchase of WD Greens based on experience with 10>n>20 disks that had a 70% early mortality in my servers that was not evinced from other brands or makes of spinning disks. Happier? -dsr- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
