reliable HDD brand

Alexey Koptsevich

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Sep 27, 2001, 7:54:28 AM9/27/01

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Hello,

I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD brand is more
reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we have chosen
IBM Ericsson.

Thanks,
Alex

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Cliff Sarginson

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Sep 27, 2001, 7:57:49 AM9/27/01

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>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD brand is more
> reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we have chosen
> IBM Ericsson.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex

I think HP disks are generally reckoned to be the top-notch, but they
come at a premium.

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Cliff

Justin T. Gibbs

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Sep 27, 2001, 10:31:56 AM9/27/01

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>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD brand is more
>> reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we have chosen
>> IBM Ericsson.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>
>I think HP disks are generally reckoned to be the top-notch, but they
>come at a premium.

Umm. HP doesn't even make disks anymore. Instead they rebrand
Fujitsu, IBM, or Seagate drives.

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Justin

Cliff Sarginson

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Sep 27, 2001, 1:46:01 PM9/27/01

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On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 08:31:06AM -0600, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD brand is more
> >> reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we have chosen
> >> IBM Ericsson.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Alex
> >
> >I think HP disks are generally reckoned to be the top-notch, but they
> >come at a premium.
>

> Umm. HP doesn't even make disks anymore. Instead they rebrand
> Fujitsu, IBM, or Seagate drives.
>
> --
> Justin

Oh ok.
Well they used to have a reasonably well founded reputation for
super reliability (and price).
Sorry if my information is out of date.

Alexey Koptsevich

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Sep 27, 2001, 1:48:16 PM9/27/01

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> > I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD brand is more
> > reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we have chosen
> > IBM Ericsson.
>

> We have good experiences with IBM *SCSI* disks. For IDE I hear mixed
> stories about IBM, hmm.

I have not exciting experience with IBM SCSI, Seagate SCSI and Quantum
SCSI, and about IBM IDE *DTLA* as well. What about IBM *Ericsson*?

A.

Francisco Reyes

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Oct 29, 2001, 2:55:17 PM10/29/01

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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Alexey Koptsevich wrote:

> I would like to buy IDE HDDs for RAID, 40 Gb. Which IDE HDD brand is more
> reliable? Any useful links, your experience? For the moment we have chosen
> IBM Ericsson.

Catchin up with my lists...
Take a look at storagereview.com
I look at this site at least 3 to 4 times a week. Lots of info about HDs
including reliability, performance and recently even reviews on noise.

In particular try and read the forums regularly.

As for those asking why SCSI disks are better it is usually because
components and manufacturing of SCSI drives is better.

SCSI drives are usually so much better than SCSI that almost 3 years ago I
bought some used SCSI drives for $75 and those drives have survived longer
than several brand new IDEs (IBM and Quantum). My only two issues with
SCSI are the price and the noise.