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best drive brand for HD?
Hi – I’m setting up a RAID 0+1, and I’m wondering which brand of SATA drive you’d recommend using, i.e. WD, Seagate, Hitachi, Maxtor, etc. Thanks!
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I’ve been using Seagate for years without very few problems, and there are very few other drives that I can trust as much (OK, none). I had some VERY bad luck with Western Digital, although I haven’t bought one since they changed their guaranty from 4 years to one (that was a few years back, they may have improved).
Maxtor, again, I had some bad luck with, even further back, but in all honesty, most of these companies have consumer and pro grade products, you either spend the money or take a chance.
Vince
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Everyone is going to have a favorite drive brand, I’ve used Seagate, WD, and Maxtors with no problems for intergrating systems, mostly Maxtors, to minimize drive problems with any brand is to keep them cool, if they get too hot to touch, they’re too hot. IBM/Hitachi drives picked up a bad rep a few years back with the DeathStar desktop drives, I’m sure their QC has improved by now.
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I prefer using Western Digital drives. More specifically, this is my drive of choice:
https://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=198&language=enAanarav Sareen
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Seagate Barraccuda Drives… I’ve not had any problems
with these!!MBW
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Seagate owns Maxtor now just as an FYI. So if you plan on going with a Maxtor you might as well get the Seagate instead, I’m not sure how long the Maxtor name will be around for.
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