Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.com writes:
In the server world, when they go in hardware RAID arrays, I've seen
everyone's drives fail. That's why you use hot spares and have a service
contract.
As an aside, if you are setting up a RAID, try to use drives from
different manufacturing
I have been experiencing periodic delays in disk access on our computer
and have been looking at getting a replacement disk to forestall any
difficulties and also to upgrade from CentOS 5.8 to CentOS 6.2 without
taking our computer down for a protracted period of time.
In looking at disk reviews
I think they all make fine drives, but I have only purchased hard drives in
retail packages so I know they were shipped properly. Sometimes those
NewEgg drives that come from OEM boxes of 20 are thrown in a box with a
single sheet of bubble wrap and handed over to UPS to throw around some
more
For desktop/home use... I find it better to purchase drives with 5 year
warranties than ones with 1-3 year warranties. I have had multiple Western
Digital desktop drives with 3 year warranties fail over the years
sometimes, sometimes right after the warranty ended, and sometimes early in
their
Forgot to mention -
go to http://computers.pricegrabber.com
http://computers.pricegrabber.com/ and search for Hard drives - you
will gets lots of drives, retailers and customer reports --
LarryT
On 5/19/2012 12:35 PM, Craig wrote:
I have been experiencing periodic delays in disk access on
Are you sure its a hardware problem? I would test the drives before
condemning them. Is it something where the drive is going to sleep because
of inactivity?
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Brian Toscano brian.tosc...@gmail.comwrote:
For desktop/home use... I find it better to purchase
On Sat, 19 May 2012 10:40:45 -0600 Brian Toscano
brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote:
Sometimes those NewEgg drives that come from OEM boxes of 20 are thrown
in a box with a single sheet of bubble wrap and handed over to UPS to
throw around some more before they arrive at your doorstep.
The last
on their products.
Greg
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Subject: [MBZ] OT: Computer Hard Disks
I have been experiencing periodic delays in disk access on our
On Sat, 19 May 2012 10:49:19 -0600 Brian Toscano
brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you sure its a hardware problem? I would test the drives before
condemning them. Is it something where the drive is going to sleep
because of inactivity?
I do have one drive that I put to sleep when I'm not
On Sat, 19 May 2012 10:35:21 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
Is there anyone who makes a decent disk these days?
Another question:
How intercompatible are 3.0 Gb/s SATA and 6.0 Gb/s SATA?
Can one use a 6.0 Gb/s SATA disk on a 3.0 Gb/s interface?
Can one use a 3.0 Gb/s SATA disk on
If you have a drive that is acting weird, I would run a test on it. If it
fails, get it replaced while its still under warranty. Western Digital has
free software that will read every part of the disk. It can take 5-7 hours
for a 2TB drive if its connected with SATA/eSATA.
I'd have to research
The answer to both is yes. They are perfectly compatible in both directions.
As for drives, you have two choices:
Consumer
Enterprise
You will pay probably 3x-4x more for the equivalent enterprise drive, depending
on the vendor, but it will have a far better MTBF.
It has been my experience
On Sat, 19 May 2012 10:49:19 -0600 Brian Toscano
brian.tosc...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you sure its a hardware problem? I would test the drives before
condemning them.
I ran both the Short offline self-test and the Extended offline self-test
(smartctl -t short or long /dev/sda) and the disk
Dan,
I would say there are actually 3 levels of drives:
Cheap consumer drives - 1-3 year warranty
Better consumer drives - i.e. Caviar Black, 5 year warranty
Enterprise drives - 5 year warranty, usually designed for RAID arrays, i.e.
RE4
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Dan Penoff
It could be, but the disk is a good starting point.
For example, on my Mac Book Pro with an eSATA ExpressCard, I can NOT
complete any lengthy disk tests without the tests stopping because of
failure. It is something as easy as plugging in a USB device like my
phone. Must be some interrupt
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