Has anyone used Hitachi DK31CJ-72MC 73GB SCSI Hard Drives? I am thinking about buying some but I want reliable ones. Rackable told me the Seagate harddrives are the most reliable. Is that true?

We like SCSI Seagates and WD IDE. They are very reliable and fast.

Originally posted by RackMy.com
We like SCSI Seagates and WD IDE. They are very reliable and fast.

Thanks for your info. I am getting a Scsi Seagate for Primary and thinking of what to get for secondary. I was told the harddrives are bays are hot swappable. That means you can just plug in a second harddrive right? I might get a Hitachi since its best bang for the buck but don't know how reliable they are.

If you like Seagate, why would you get a Hitachi as a second?

IBM all the way on IDE HDDs.
Seagates are good SCSI too.

We wouldn't use western digital ide drives if they gave them to us for free! 20%-30% failure rate on them we have had...


Sean R.
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We wouldn't use western digital ide drives if they gave them to us for free! 20%-30% failure rate on them we have had... Poor luck, I guess :( Out of all the 100s of WD drives we have, 1 has failed.

Originally posted by Get-Hosted.com
IBM all the way on IDE HDDs.
Seagates are good SCSI too.

Some of the IBM GXP75 drives (I don't remember which ones) were recalled because of a high failure rate.....

The IBM GXP60 drives were faster anyway and I think they had very good reliability.

I also really liked the Quantum Atlas 10K II series. I'm not sure now that they have merged with Maxtor though. Anyone have any comments on the Atlas drives, especially post-Maxtor merger?

www.storagereview.com has a drive reliability survey.