teamhood Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Whats up with these Hitachi hard drives that I have? I had 2 x 400GB die and 1 x 200GB giving me tons of errors. These drives are about 2 years old and luckily I only lost all the data on one of the 400GB hds. It sure is a pain to follow all their rules about shipping hds! Also: have 2 Maxtor's that are giving tons of errors as well!!!!! Anyone else notice their Hitachi drives seem to be worse than even Maxtors?? -Mike Link to comment
smeehrrr Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Anyone else notice their Hitachi drives seem to be worse than even Maxtors?? I have about forty hard drives running from various manufacturers, and the only manufacturer that I've never had a failure with is Hitachi. But that doesn't tell you anything, really. There are two kinds of hard drives: Hard drives that have failed and hard drives that haven't failed yet. If you're having a bunch of drives going bad on you in a cluster, you likely have one of two things happening. Either you have a bunch of drives from the same lot, and that lot has a manufacturing defect (which is unlikely but possible), or you have an environmental problem. Are things overheating? The second quickest way to destroy a hard drive is to overheat it. The quickest way is to run it over with a truck. Link to comment
limetech Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 ... The quickest way is to run it over with a truck. Or throw it at a wall, embedding it in sheetrock Link to comment
Joe L. Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 There are two kinds of hard drives: Hard drives that have failed and hard drives that haven't failed yet. It is only a matter of time before any drive fails... exactly the reason we have unRaid arrays. I've had about one drive fail every two years in my house. (although I have more drives spinning than most folks at a given time) The brand of drive does not seem to matter. Today just pick a replacement one that is low-power, (translates to lower heat) and quiet, (better bearings) and the odds are it will last a while...unless you shock test it (by running it over or throwing it against a wall). Joe L. Link to comment
rharvey Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I would add "and the longest warranty" Today just pick a replacement one that is low-power, (translates to lower heat) and quiet, (better bearings) and the odds are it will last a while...unless you shock test it (by running it over or throwing it against a wall). Joe L. Link to comment
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