Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-07 Thread Stephen Courtney
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Wild wrote: | Hi all, | | What is the general opinion of the best HDD manufacturer? Over the | years I have heard bad about each one in one way or another. | | I'm looking to buy an external HDD. I was disappointed to find that | Maplin only st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-07 Thread LeeGroups
> I have to agree, the most reliable type of hard drive is "RAID array". > I've had a software RAID1 array for four years now, have had several > different brands fail (including Seagate, Maxtor and Western Digital) > but have not lost one jot of data. > > I presented a Software RAID1 HowTo usi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-07 Thread Andrew Oakley
Kris Douglas wrote: > raided anyway I have to agree, the most reliable type of hard drive is "RAID array". I've had a software RAID1 array for four years now, have had several different brands fail (including Seagate, Maxtor and Western Digital) but have not lost one jot of data. I presented a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-07 Thread Rob Beard
Kris Douglas wrote: > > All of my servers have Compaq 10k drives, and I also have some > desktops with Compaq's... I have never had one die, and they are > raided anyway, so if one did, just get a new one and its all back to > normal. > Some of our old audio servers at work are running Compaq d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-07 Thread Kris Douglas
On 07/02/2008, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 23:50 +, Daniel Lamb wrote: > > Personally i always stick to western digital, as was said before they > > do fail but so do others, warranties on a drive usually arent worth it > > from my experience, as it would cost

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-07 Thread Rob Beard
On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 23:50 +, Daniel Lamb wrote: > Personally i always stick to western digital, as was said before they > do fail but so do others, warranties on a drive usually arent worth it > from my experience, as it would cost more than half the amount of a > replacement drive to send o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-05 Thread Daniel Lamb
Personally i always stick to western digital, as was said before they do fail but so do others, warranties on a drive usually arent worth it from my experience, as it would cost more than half the amount of a replacement drive to send off the faulty one. As far as externals are concerned dont buy l

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-05 Thread Rob Beard
Matthew Wild wrote: > Hi all, > > What is the general opinion of the best HDD manufacturer? Over the > years I have heard bad about each one in one way or another. > > I'm looking to buy an external HDD. I was disappointed to find that > Maplin only stock Seagate drives, and I have always avoided

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-05 Thread Kris Douglas
On 05/02/2008, Michael Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've generally had a good experience with Hitachi (I'm using one now that > works fine with linux). > Last Seagate I had died after 5 months. > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-05 Thread Michael Holmes
I've generally had a good experience with Hitachi (I'm using one now that works fine with linux). Last Seagate I had died after 5 months. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

2008-02-05 Thread Matthew Wild
Hi all, What is the general opinion of the best HDD manufacturer? Over the years I have heard bad about each one in one way or another. I'm looking to buy an external HDD. I was disappointed to find that Maplin only stock Seagate drives, and I have always avoided Seagate (even before they release