if the are wd drives and your just useing the linux softraid get the WD tools and run them, they are not destructive and you can test all wd drives readily i know hitachi and maxtor are the same, segate isthe only one that is a PITA why i pointed my company to WD over seagate. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Joe Fleming wrote: > Just using them. They were in systems where they were always on but most > of the time they weren't doing anything. If they were in boxes, they > always had fans on them to keep them cool since I know heat kills > drives. I had one in an enclosure with a fan that failed on me, but I > still need to figure out if the drive failed or the enclosure failed. > Everything I've had that failed on me has been a 500GB drive. I had 4 > 160Gb drives in a raid array that ran for like 2 years and I still use > them now in USB enclosures, some of which I keep on all the time. I've > only had 1 of them fail on me, and I think it may have been a corruption > failure instead of a physical failure, I just didn't care enough to look > in to it. > > I've only had one drive that was in constant use as a torrent target > fail on me, and I was able to restore all of the data on it with some > xfs tools and dd magic and a new drive to clone it to..... just had to > work around some unreadable sectors. That drive, of course, was a 500GB > drive. The drive that it was cloned to, another 500GB drive, is also now > starting to make clicking noises from time to time and I'm just waiting > for it to fail completely. At least I have that one on active backup > now. I've also had 500GB drives show up DOA without even turning them on. > > If you read the reviews on Newegg on older drives (320GB and below) they > all seem really solid. Read the reviews on newer drives (500B and up) > and you see a lot of mixed reviews cause by DOA problems and drives that > have failed after only weeks of use. It's at least a little comforting > to know I'm not alone here. I will admit I buy most of my drives OEM but > I've also had really bad luck with a lot or retail drives too, so I > don't think it matters as much as some people will tell you. > > I've had terrible experiences with WD drives in the past (specifically > models ending in JB) and I've spoken to people in recovery centers > who've seen tons of those drives come in for recovery. I wrote WD off > for years because of those problems, but it seems Seagate is also a > problem now too. Hitachi I've tried to stay away from since the whole > "Deathstar" fiasco several years back. Yes that was IBM, but Hitachi > took over their production. But I digress. > > Anyway, that's my story, since you asked. Sorry it's so long winded. > > -Joe > > Eric Cope wrote: >> This is more in regards to your last paragraph. Where are you storing >> your hard drives? What type of environment are they subjected to? > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss