[Pc_Support] Maxtor 100GB Serial ATA (SATA) drive $99.99 - $65.00 rebate

[Phil Barnett]

On Monday 07 November 2005 09:43 am, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> Commodity drives are commodity drives.  You can be sure that
> disk failure is going to be the highest of any such commodity
> drive.  Now all 3 manufacturers have added new techniques to
> bring the vibration rate down 2-3x, increase heat tolerances
> from 40C to 60C, and some have returned their retail products
> to 3 or even 5 year warranties.
>
> But most OEM products are sold dirt-cheap for cost, and that
> means the worst of the batch.  Hence why many only carry a 1
> year warranty.  So be wary when you buy anything commodity,
> unless it's an explicit 24x7 rated model (such as the Seagate
> NL35 or Western Digital Caviar SE).

Agreed.

That's why I put them at least in pairs and mirror them if the data matters at 
all.

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