On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Tim <t...@tcsac.net> wrote:
> > > >> >> Decision #2: 1.5TB Seagate vs. 1TB WD (or someone else) >> The 1.5TB drives have a sketchy reputation as compared to any other >> Seagate drives. The rumor is that reliability was not high enough for >> the OEMs to carry them, so that's why they're so cheap. I have a >> thrown-together interface [1] that gets prices for drives from several >> online stores, and lets you sort by price, size, or price per >> gigabyte. The Samsung HD103UJ drives are nice, if you're not using >> NVidia controllers - there's a bug in either the drives or the >> controllers that makes them drop drives fairly frequently. They work >> fine with other controllers, though; I'm using 4 of them with a >> Marvell controller with no problems. >> >> Will >> >> [1]: http://will.incorrige.us/price-checker.cgi?sortby=costperGB >> > > The 1.5TB drives had some firmware issues when they were first released. > That would be why they were viewed as "sketchy". That has since been fixed > and they're just as good as everything else. > > The reason they're so cheap is because they're the same 7200.11 form factor > as the rest of the line-up so the cost difference to produce them (from what > i understand) is negligible. That, and there's some real competition in > that industry, which is always nice :) > > --Tim >
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