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From: Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60%
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:23:37
Message-Id: 53AC567D.8090002@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] smartctrl drive error @60% by Dale
1 On 06/25/2014 08:54 PM, Dale wrote:
2 > Curious. I hope I don't start a flame war here. I have had WD, Seagate
3 > and I think there is a Samsung here somewhere, may be the one that is
4 > rolling over on its back now. The one drive that failed a few years ago
5 > was a WD drive. That said, all the other WD drives I have had just got
6 > to small to really use, and slow when SATA came out. I'm partial to WD
7 > and Seagate still since I got good long term use out of those. Based on
8 > your experience, you tend to be of the same opinion?
9 >
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11 Flame war on a mailing list? Nah, will never happen. :-)
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13 We have over 100 workstations at work and so far the WD Blue drives fail
14 the most, Seagate second, Samsung third.
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16 At home once I get a bad run of one manufacturer I usually get ticked
17 off and find another to switch to.
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19 I originally used WD, then Maxtor, then Seagate, then Samsung, then WD
20 again... where I am now.
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22 Dan