I am aware that this is a mechanical issue that all mechanical HDDs do experience regardless of brand, but I would argue that it is more then just 'the nature of the beast' when a particular model suffers failures in large enough numbers that it becomes it's claim to fame. I have to admit I did not know that those issues where mostly limited to the 40-60GB drives.
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > > On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Daniel Stewart wrote: > >> IBM deskstars are known for hardware failure and used to be nicknamed >> deathstars because of it. > > The so-called 'DeathStar' drives were pretty well limited to the 40-60 GB > drive series. IBM later sold their hard drive business to Hitachi, who still > sell them under the 'DeskStar' name. > > The 'click of death' is a very common hard drive failure mode across all > models of hard drive. > > Every drive manufacturer has had some model lines that had QC and/or design > issues; no drive manufacturer is uniformly bad. You cannot make the blanket > statement that 'Oh all those <insert manufacturer name here> drives are > horrible.' > > Google's studies of drive failure are the best data we have, > <http://tinyurl.com/2bfcgfp>, the rest of the stuff I can find is exemplified > by things like this <http://tinyurl.com/36x6vqo> which is quite possibly the > stupidest experimental design for a "statistical survey" I've ever seen. > > I didn't know Iomega made hard drives... > > IBM's (and later Hitachi's) DeskStar and TravelStar series were (and are) > decent drives, but hard drives fail, period...they're mechanical devices heir > to all the wear and woes of mechanical devices, and one that's been kicking > along since 2002 has had a long and useful life, for a consumer drive. > > We have drives on servers that have been around since then, and are still > working, but those are also on systems that we're afraid to shut down, > because they probably won't come back up, and they were $500 enterprise > SCSI-3 drives. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
