> Any comments on this Dec. 2005 study on disk failure > and error rates? > http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?i > d=64599
Will take a read... > The OP originally asked "Best 1.5TB drives for > consumer RAID?". Despite > the entertainment value of the comments, it isn't > clear that this has been > answered. I suspect the OP was expecting a discussion > of WD vs. Seagate > vs. Hitachi, etc., but the discussion didn't go that > way, perhaps because > they are equally good (or bad) based on the TLER > discussion? Has anyone > actually experienced an extended timeout from one of > these drives (from > any manufacturer) causing a problem? >From what I've managed to discover, rightly or wrongly, here is how I see it: * it appears as if the most recent revisions of some models of the WD Green 'EADS' and newer Advanced Format 'EARS' drives have some problem which puts me off using them for now (see links in first post + google). They also appear to have disabled user setting of TLER. * Some Seagate 1.5TB models, like the one discussed in this discussion, appear to have low user ratings, and many of the user comments mention clicking noises & failures. * Hitachi models I don't know enough about yet, but I would rather avoid using 5-platter models like one of the 2TB models. * Samsung have a 3-platter 1.5TB model (HD154UI), which seems to have quite high user satisfaction levels and you can set the error reporting time, but it will not persist after power off. * Samsung also have a 4-platter 2TB model (HD203WI), which appears to have excellent user ratings, and no DOAs listed, but as there are only a small number of ratings left (<20), it is too early to make a judgement, but early data seems to be very promising. Based on the above, and with further reading required, at this stage, I will almost certainly be choosing the Samsung HD154UI. But let's keep an eye on the HD203WI, because when the price drops a bit further and if more positive data appears, this might be a great model to consider for those people replacing / upgrading drives. And regarding your reply here to a comment from Bob on the Seagate model discussed: > You seem to have it in for Seagate :-). Newegg by > default displays reviews > worst to best. Bob was joking around about the Seagates :) And newegg don't list reviews/ratings by default in worst to best order -- I posted that link using that order so that it was easy to see the kind of problems people were commonly listing. The things one wants to see before choosing. > > Be sure to mark any failed drive using a > sledgehammer so that you don't > > accidentally use it again by mistake. Again, humour alert from Bob :) Cheers, Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
