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On 29/08/2014 00:56, Joseph wrote: |
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> So there seems to be a pattern :-/ |
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> How about SSD they are not that much more? Will it withstand Gentoo |
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> compilations :-) ? |
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No. There is not a pattern. Two guys used drives for 5 years and then |
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they failed. |
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5 years? Wow. That's double what you can reasonably expect, you got good |
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service. |
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SSDs are much more expensive than spinning disks, 1TB will cost a |
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fortune. But they work in Gentoo very well - I'm on my second and this |
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one is 256G, still runs as fast as the day I got it. |
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> Joseph |
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> On 08/28/14 22:46, Mick wrote: |
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>> On Thursday 28 Aug 2014 21:45:10 Joseph wrote: |
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>>> I need to select 500GB or 1TB infernal 2.5in drive, any recommendation |
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>>> (reliability) of the brand. My current WD 320GB fail after 5-years. |
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>> Interesting ... mine also failed catastrophically a couple of months |
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>> around 5 years of continuous use. |
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>> Which reminds me to run a backup on my Seagate: |
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>> Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 |
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>> Device Model: ST9500420ASG |
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>> I'm not sure how much anecdotal reports on reliable drives actually hold |
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>> water, unless we're talking about an epidemic of failures like I seem to |
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>> recall Dell's Seagate drives experienced a few years ago. |
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>> Regards, |
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>> Mick |
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Alan McKinnon |
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