>>>>> "sb" == Simon Breden <sbre...@gmail.com> writes:
sb> WD itself does not recommend them for 'business critical' RAID
sb> use
The described problems with WD aren't okay for non-critical
development/backup/home use either. The statement from WD is nothing
but an attempt to upsell you, to differentiate the market so they can
tap into the demand curve at multiple points, and to overload you with
information so the question becomes ``which WD drive should I buy''
instead of ``which manufactuer's drive should I buy.'' Don't let this
stuff get a foothold inside your brain.
``mixing'' drives within a stripe is a good idea because it protects
you from bad batches and bad models/firmwares, which are not rare in
recent experience! I always mix drives and included WD in that mix up
until this latest rash of problems. ``mixing'' is only bad (for WD)
because it makes it easier for you, the customer, to characterize the
green performance deficit and notice the firmware bugs that are unique
to the WD drives.
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