Subj : Re: Raid + Lvm, Anyone?
To   : The Millionaire
From : Angus McLeod
Date : Wed Oct 19 2005 02:18:00

  Re: Re: Raid + Lvm, Anyone?
  By: The Millionaire to ROB MCCART on Tue Oct 18 2005 18:37:00

 >  > RM> I had that a while ago with a Western Digital..
 >  >
 >  > AM>Yes, well that's pretty standard for WD drived, isn't it?  ;-)
 >  >
 >  > I'd say so, although there are those who like them better
 >  > than Maxtor.

 > Maxtor I hear are pretty top notch drives. I have never had a problem with
 > one yet.

I spent 4-5 days at a data-recovery company in Toronto, and I learned 
something: it varies over time.  For instance, they would recall when they 
had a run on bad IBM drives, but then they petered out and they started 
getting loads of Fuji drives in for recovery instead.  I asked about WD 
and they laughed and said there was ALWAYS a dumpster full of Caviar 
drives out back... :-)

I guess HD makers have trouble maintaining consistent quality.  They 
(whoever) will get a batch of bad drives that go out and hit the market.  
When the problem is identified, they fix the fault on the production line, 
and quality returns to normal.  But in the mean time 50,000 high-risk 
drives are at the retailer, waiting for you to buy them....



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