[Pc_Support] 320GB WD3200JD SATA drive for $107 shipped ...

[ozz at ozz.is-a-geek.net]

> ozz at ozz.is-a-geek.net wrote:
>> And yet I have NEVER had a Maxtor fail on me.  Maxtor are
>> the only brand that have never failed me yet.
>
> Remember when I had two (2) 40GB hard drives fail on my home
> server?  Both were 40GB Maxtor drives -- single 40GB platter,
> low-profile (0.75") -- from retail boxes from Best Buy just
> over 1 year old.  And these were 5400rpm drives too.

Ouch!

>> The 120Gb WD was running only a few degrees above ambient.
>
> Since most case ambients are easily approach 40C in many
> cases, I hope there was cool air being blown on them.
>
> How was it being cooled?

I was referring to the ambient of the room <g>.  The drive was attached to
my 3GHz AMD64, in that old Antec case I got from you.  Two fans in the
psu, 1 fan above the psu, 2 below it, and 2 in the front blowing over the
drives.

It's kinda chilly in there #;-D

> The WD3200SD (Caviar RE) isn't too much more than the JD
> (Caviar SE), and worth it for servers/24x7 desktops.

I'll check them out.

Thanks.

Regards,
Ozz.