The best brand of HD

[linuxnewbie42]

So what do you Think?

I don't really know. I'm not asking for help I just want to see what everyone else thinks. For the HDs I have in My rig see below

[JohnT]

I use Deskstar, Maxtor, WD. I would say my Maxtor edges the other two in performance, only slightly and its about 7-8 yrs old. All thre have given me excellent performance. My Deskstar is one of the first to come out of the Hitachi production.

[evac-q8r]

Probably Seagate eventhough I have personally never used their poducts in my own computer. DELL has used Western Digital in the past and so I just followed suit when upgraded my system to a dual harddrive configuration.

EVAC

[IsaacKuo]

It depends on what you're looking for. I've had a lot of Maxtors since they're cheap, but I'll never buy another one. They tend to be loud and aren't as reliable as others. My 40G Maxtor seems to be chugging along nicely, but my 80G Maxtor died.

I've had somewhat better luck with Western Digitals, but it's hit-and-miss.

My best drive is an old Seagate--it just keeps ticking and ticking. From what I gather, Seagates are relatively good for quietness, and very good for reliability.

Another brand to consider is Samsung. The Samsung spinpoints are VERY quiet, but their reliability is not as good (still better than Maxtors).

Personally, I'd go with Seagates. They might not be the cheapest and might not be the quietest, but I think they're a good compromise with an emphasis toward reliability.

[Bowtie]

Just from my personal experience I'll only use IBM or WD drives. I've had too many Seagates and Maxtors bite it in a short amout of time. I've dropped a WD on accident and it STILL worked:D Just my preference though. Your mileage may vary.

[chesskidd]

I think WD is very reliable, especially the harddisks that they have come out these two years.
ya, WD with 8MB cache is a monster...
I have 4 WDs, 2 40GB, 1 80GB, and 1 120GB in my computer, I haven't had a problem with it :)

[ShieldWolf]

I've had decent luck with Western Digitals. The 10 Meg (Yes,10 MEG!) WD in my old 8088 still worked when I stored it away a couple of years ago.

I still have a Seagate 540 Meg HD with a beta copy of Win98 laying around, and the 20 Gig Seagate in My HP Athlon 850 is still chugging along.

I've got a Maxtor somewhere. Probably in my NAT server. The last time the HD died in that machine, I was running Mandrake 8.0. I don't know how long it sat there with a bad HD. Sat down in front of it one day, and couldn't open a new app. Got to checking, and if it wasn't already running in memory, nothing would start. Went to check a file, and they were all gone. :eek:

My point? Not sure that I have one. I've had a few hard drives that didn't last long at all, and a few that seem to last forever. Brand doesn't seem to matter too much, except that every once in a while someone will have a run of bad drives, like the WD 6.4 Gigs several years back.

[serz]

I still have 2 old Maxtors, both 4gb and they're still working very well, never had a problem with them. They rock :)

I'm currently using a 80gb WD, it's good so far.

Fujitsu > These are the worst hds for me....

[Strogian]

if i had to buy a HD right now, i'd get the new samsungs. they're supposedly pretty quiet, and good performers.

[TheHeadRoach]

I hear alot of people ***** about western digital drives but I've got 8 of them ranging from 20 to 120 GB and 1-6 yrs old that have all pretty much been subject to non-stop running, passing back and forth between friends, power failures, multiple repartitions/formats, drops, kicks and maybe even a few punts and I have personally never had a problem with one of them. I am sold on western digitial, I will never buy another brand of drive.

[Loki3]

The goons over at ocfourms.com seem to think that Western Digital's SATA raptors are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Of course you'll need a SATA cable motherboard or controller. They're supposed to be really fast when used in RAID configurations too.

I'm not familar with how well SATA's supported under linux. Might be something you would want to look into if you were to consider those drives.

[Strogian]

yeah western digitals are good if you don't care about noise

from what i understand, at least

[EnigmaOne]

Originally posted by Strogian
yeah western digitals are good if you don't care about noise

from what i understand, at least

Or losing your data to sudden drive failures. ;)

There's been lots-o-discussion about drive brands in the past, and I think the conclusion drawn from that was one of there being marked variations in drive reliability, between brands, in different regions of the nation--even the globe.

In installing thousands of Maxtor drives, with nearly nothing to speak of in terms of drive failures, I look at the glowing statements of WD hard drives with a high degree of disbelief. In my experience, WDs seem to be the bane of "hard drive-dom;" however, I have to believe that there is some basis for brand loyalty on many fronts.

In short, go with what works for you, and don't ask others to make your decisions for you. ;)

[squeegy]

I mainly use Western Digital drives, I have 2 of the 80GB 7200rpm 8MB Cache drives, and I love em.. They're very nice and quiet. I have had one bad experience with them with an older 20GB hard drive that failed over time. I really don't think it's WD's fault tho, considering it came out of a computer that had been struck by lightning.

[EnigmaOne]

I have this mental image of a fused, smoldering lump of metal.
:eek:

[JohnT]

Originally posted by EnigmaOne
I have this mental image of a fused, smoldering lump of metal.
:eek:

And someone, with the look of your avatar attached.:p

[EnigmaOne]

They caught my good side in that photo, too. ;)