*Sonic*

whats good these days ?

need to buy one in the morning

any preferences etc

S

Dark

iTrader: (1)

I've got 2x 80GB IBM / Hitachi Deskstars - very quiet & good value from

www.aria.co.uk

Mark

Corgi

I've always found Maxtor very reliable.

ChrisB

Samsung are one of the few brands to offer a three year warranty on HDs. Some of the Maxtor high end drives have three years but otherwise it's one year.

lightning101

Go for the best warranty.


Any drive reliability is down to luck, so some one could have a maxtro for 10 years with no errors, yet someone with a supposed similar make and model could get errors after a matter of weeks.


I have two maxtors by the way - they are the best - LOL

Scooby Dooby Blue

Had lots of problems with Seagates & Hitachis.

We only use Maxtors now, can't fault them.


Paul

*Sonic*

Cheers for the info, I currently have 2 x 80Gb, samsungs I think

they are in constant use 24x7 and upto now have been reasonably reliable, unlike my old IBM Desktar

thinking of getting a 160Gb drive, or 120Gb

Cheers

S

Bigwood

Maxtor, as well..

suba

defo check for hdd with 3 years warranty! at least if they go pear shape, you can get a replacement. most hdd reliablility is pot luck. just look after them and turn on S.M.A.R.T.

David_Wallis

Deathstars?

Whatever you do, a hdd will never be reliable, they allways fail its just a matter of time.. so either backup or fault tolerance..

Depends what value you put on your data, otherwise is waranty, access time / speed / throughput /rpm & price

David

Dr Nick

Slight Hijacking of thread....

Suba please explain what Smart does. Ive wanted to know for ages.

Cheers

ozzy

and noise if it bothers you. I've had IBM and Maxtor and both developed really annoying whining after a few years use.

What about Seagate these days?

Stefan

ozzy

S.M.A.R.T.

Stefan

BuRR

We use about £4000 worth of HD's every 3 months

I'd suggest either Maxtor (as mentioned above) or Western Digital (who offer a 3 yr warranty)

Steer clear of Samsung IMHO and the IBM/Hitachi Deathstars.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

2X Maxtor 120gb here. One on SATA one on PATA. Cant fault them. Speed isnt the quickest but they are reliable.

*Sonic*

Well I got myself a 160Gb Maxtor for 65 quid

the samsungs have been fine, constant 24x7 use, writing, reading, deleting, over and over again

I have a deathstar and it did just that, and that was the only time I have important data on it, that I really needed, and hadnt had chance to backup

My 'real' serious data, is running on SCSI Raid 0+1 mirrored, and backed up to tape, and to DVD-R, and CD (cant take any chances )

Nog

Western Digital SATA - now running at 10K rpm.

Remember, it's the spindle speed that makes all the difference!

Nog

AndiThompson

I always use Maxtor, never had a problem, and they're generally cheap too, which is nice.

I know IBM have sorted out their problems, but they've lost my trust, I still wouldnt touch them with a bargepole.