Okay, Thanks! ------------------------ Keith Smith
--- On Wed, 5/19/10, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote: From: Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> Subject: Re: Ot hard drive stress test To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 5:43 PM They're the more expensive ones. ;) Seriously though, for WD they're the Black labeled ones. I don't know for the other manufacturers. keith smith wrote: > > > If I go to a place like > http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=15&name=Hard-Drives How > do I know which drives are made for servers? > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Wed, 5/19/10, Brian Cluff /<br...@snaptek.com>/* wrote: > > > From: Brian Cluff <br...@snaptek.com> > Subject: Re: Ot hard drive stress test > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> > Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 5:20 PM > > I'll third on western digital, seagates are also pretty good, but > whatever you do don't even start to consider Maxtor. They seem to have > a near 100% failure rate. It's not if they are going to fail, but when. > > Also don't go with any hard drive manufacturers budget line or low end > drive, try and go for drives that are made for server. They aren't all > that much more, but seem to have much lower failure rates. > > Brian Cluff > > On 05/19/2010 03:14 PM, Shawn Badger wrote: > > +2 on Bonnie++ > > > > I also tend to like the Western digital line for IDE/SATA drives. > I have > > had a few bad ones (out of hundreds), but they tend to run well > for me. > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Alex Dean <a...@crackpot.org > </mc/compose?to=a...@crackpot.org> > > <mailto:a...@crackpot.org </mc/compose?to=a...@crackpot.org>>> wrote: > > > > > > On May 19, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Nadim Hoque wrote: > > > > Hey, > > > > I am buying a new hard drive for my computer and I was > wondering > > what are some good hard drive stress test and how long > should I > > let it run for. I also do not mind what platform > (windows, mac, > > or linux) it will run on. Speaking of hard drives, which > brand > > do u guys recommend? > > > > > > Bonnie++ is a disk benchmarking tool, but you can use it for > stress > > testing as well. Pretty easy to compile on Linux. I'm not > sure if > > it works on OSX or windows. > > > > alex > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > plug-disc...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > </mc/compose?to=plug-disc...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> > > <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > </mc/compose?to=plug-disc...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > </mc/compose?to=plug-disc...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > </mc/compose?to=plug-disc...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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