-----Original Message----- From: Felix Miata [mailto:mrmazda@ij.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 8:13 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Hard Drives On Tuesday, April 05, 2005 @ 8:13 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
Greg Wallace wrote:
?> I want to buy a new additional drive. I have always used Maxtor in the
past. They seem a bit noisy, but reliability has been good so far. I also have used a Western Digital drive but it was even noisier than the Maxtors. Plus, the device I had it on burned out shortly after I installed it (maybe just a coincidence, but I don't know). Anyone care to recommend either of these or maybe some other brand?
WD I would never buy. Do some Googling for comments from expert Linux developers to see one reason why. The other is they have a unique sound that to me sounds truly cheap, which matches the experiences of those I know who have used them.
My last choice is Maxtor, partially because of failure experiences, partly because they seem most prone to come in with anomalous benchmarking results.
Drives I've purchased since 01 Jan 2005: Seagate, Hitachi & Samsung. The latter two I bought for special reasons. Seagate is my current first choice. The recent Barracudas are so incredibly quiet, and Seagate's current retail warranty is the best in the biz. -- "Love your neighbor as yourself." Matthew 22:39 NIV
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You're the second person so far to give Seagate a good reference. Based on my interpretation of the responses so far, it's 1) Seagate 2) Maxtor 3) Western Digital I have seen Seagate offered on vendor web sites, but have never looked into them. Sounds like I should. Thanks, Greg Wallace