> If you want reliable IDE's get Quantum (whups... they don't exist anymore), > IBM (whups again... they shut down after they built a paperweight factory in > Hungary?), or Segate... perhaps Maxtor (bought out Quantum didn't they?).
Thing with IBM HDs, in my experience, is that some are good from the start, some are bad from the start. When I was building a big array a while ago using IBM 120GXP HDs, out of 8 per server, 2 or 3 failed, but they failed almost straight away (clicking sound). The rest have run pretty much flawlessly till today. > The hard thing with computer gear in general is each generation is a totally > new generation... A manufacturer's drives can turn from good to crap in one > batch, and the reverse. About all you can do is check www.storagereview.com > and solicit for advice each time you go to buy something. > IBM HDs are well-known for having the best RAID performance, due to the firmware being tuned that way. Check out storagereview.com and you'll see what I mean. Individually they don't perform much better than the competition, but in a RAID setup they actually perform better. Not sure why as I'd assume high speed independent HDs would lead to high speed RAID... but anyway, IBM HDs are best for RAID from the performance results for some reason. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]