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[ClusterMania]

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?

[RackMy.com]

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

[ClusterMania]

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.

[RackMy.com]

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

[Get-Hosted.com]

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

[BurstNET]

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.
BurstNET

[RackMy.com]

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.

[mdrussell]

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.....

[scott2]

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?

[cperciva]

www.storagereview.com has a drive reliability survey.