Re: [gentoo-user] 1TB 2.5in drive recommendation

[Joseph]

So there seems to be a pattern :-/
How about SSD they are not that much more?  Will it withstand Gentoo compilations :-) ?

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Joseph

On 08/28/14 22:46, Mick wrote:
>On Thursday 28 Aug 2014 21:45:10 Joseph wrote:
>> I need to select 500GB or 1TB infernal 2.5in drive, any recommendation
>> (reliability) of the brand. My current WD 320GB fail after 5-years.
>
>Interesting ... mine also failed catastrophically a couple of months ago after
>around 5 years of continuous use.
>
>Which reminds me to run a backup on my Seagate:
>
>Model Family:     Seagate Momentus 7200.4
>Device Model:     ST9500420ASG
>
>I'm not sure how much anecdotal reports on reliable drives actually hold
>water, unless we're talking about an epidemic of failures like I seem to
>recall Dell's Seagate drives experienced a few years ago.
>
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>Regards,
>Mick