On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, Simon Breden wrote:
<p>I just took a look at customer feedback on this drive here. 36% rate with one
star, which I would consider alarming. Take a look here, ordered from lowest rating to
highest rating. Note the recency of the comments and the descriptions:</p>
<a
href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=22-148-412&SortField=3&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&SelectedRating=-1&PurchaseMark=&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&Page=1&Keywords=%28keywords%29";>Seagate
Barracuda LP ST31500541AS 1.5TB 5900 RPM</a>
<p>Is this the model you mean? If so, I might look at some other alternative
possibilities.</p>
This looks like a really good drive for use with zfs. Be sure to use
a mirror configuration and keep in mind that zfs supports an arbitrary
number of mirrors so that you can run six or ten of these drives in
parallel so that there are enough working drives remaining to keep up
with RMAed units.
Be sure to mark any failed drive using a sledgehammer so that you
don't accidentally use it again by mistake.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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