Subj : Re: Raid + Lvm, Anyone? To : The Millionaire From : Sniper Date : Thu Oct 20 2005 02:59:00 -=> The Millionaire wrote to ROB MCCART <=- TM> Re: Re: Raid + Lvm, Anyone? TM> By: ROB MCCART to ANGUS MCLEOD on Mon Oct 17 2005 07:58 pm > AM>No, it appears perfectly OK. Unfortunately, it was bought a while back > >and never taken out of the plastic clamshell packaging. Now I go to use > >it it's i) dead and ii) just out of warranty. :-( > > 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. When deciding what drive to get for the system I > was building last winter I asked around and got horror stories > about almost every drive made. The only one that seemed to be > generally better on average was Seagate, so that's what I ended > up getting... So far so good... B) > TM> Maxtor I hear are pretty top notch drives. I have never had a problem TM> with one yet. I've got such a mix match of drives... I think I got one of every type out there... Seagate, Maxtor, Western Digital, Fujitsu, etc. some in both IDE and SATA... Makes no never mind to me. For my clients, I pick whatever is the cheapest. :) I figure the faster it dies the more work I'll have. :) I've had no name specific attributable problems with any of them... I mean, a Maxtor will die one day, and a Seagate will die the next. I see no real difference. But I know some people attribute problems to specific types that are reproducable for someone else... I just think its operator error and leave it at that. :) Sniper Killed In Action BBS, telnet://kiabbs.org Home of the Unofficial SynchroNet Support Network. download the info pack at any of the below sites: http://www.chcomputer.net/USSNET.ZIP or http://www.ussnet.org .... He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich --- MultiMail/Linux v0.46 þ Synchronet þ Killed In Action - telnet://kiabbs.org .