Are Hitachi drives any good?

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Are Hitachi drives any good? Particularly the 250GB Deskstar? I know
they bought IBM's notoriously bad HD division. But can they be
significantly worse than any other?
 
Are Hitachi drives any good? Particularly the 250GB Deskstar? I know
they bought IBM's notoriously bad HD division. But can they be
significantly worse than any other?
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IBM's HD division was not "notoriously bad". They made one product that
according to some was not very good--personally I've got a bunch of 75GXPs
running just fine once I got the power supply problem that they revealed
corrected, so I take those claims with a good deal of salt. I haven't seen
any complaints about the 7K250s.
 
Previously said:
Are Hitachi drives any good? Particularly the 250GB Deskstar? I know
they bought IBM's notoriously bad HD division. But can they be
significantly worse than any other?
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The problem is not that they are suspected bad today. The 75GXP/
60GXP that failed a lot more often than other drives from that
time are past. The problem was that IBM never admitted that
there was a problem. Until they do _and_ explain what was going on
I stay away from IBM/Hitachi on the rationale that they may have
some of the same management and will possibly not admit the
next problem either, thereby causing a lot of unnecessary cost
for their customers.

Arno
 
Arno said:
The problem is not that they are suspected bad today. The 75GXP/
60GXP that failed a lot more often than other drives from that
time are past. The problem was that IBM never admitted that
there was a problem. Until they do _and_ explain what was going on
I stay away from IBM/Hitachi on the rationale that they may have
some of the same management and will possibly not admit the
next problem either, thereby causing a lot of unnecessary cost
for their customers.
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When one is being sued, one does what one's lawyer says. And one's lawyer
never tells one to admit fault. Once the suit is brought, fault becomes a
matter for the court to decide.

Since IBM is being sued over the 75GXP, it is unreasonable to expect them to
admit fault.
 
Previously J. Clarke said:
Arno Wagner wrote:
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When one is being sued, one does what one's lawyer says. And one's lawyer
never tells one to admit fault. Once the suit is brought, fault becomes a
matter for the court to decide.
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Since IBM is being sued over the 75GXP, it is unreasonable to expect
them to admit fault.
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I think you have it backwards: IBM is being sued because they
did not admit the problem.

Arno
 
Arno said:
I think you have it backwards: IBM is being sued because they
did not admit the problem.
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Actually, they're being sued because some lawyer didn't have enough to do,
but that's beside the point.
 
Previously J. Clarke said:
Arno Wagner wrote:
Previously J. Clarke said:
Arno Wagner wrote: [...]
Since IBM is being sued over the 75GXP, it is unreasonable to expect
them to admit fault.
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I think you have it backwards: IBM is being sued because they
did not admit the problem.
Click to expand...
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Actually, they're being sued because some lawyer didn't have enough to do,
but that's beside the point.
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I agree on both counts. Alternatively because some layers wanted
more money. That seems also to be the main problem with the
current patent system (also besides the point).

Arno
 
I just bough a Hitachi 160gig SATA drive, and i have read all the
SCARY stories, saw some reviews and said the drive i have was the
fastest and quietest so thats what i bought.

I backup so if it dies screw it, i back my things up and its got a 3
year warranty, i would have upgraded by 3 years anyway.

By the way its fast and quiet as well :)


Previously J. Clarke said:
Arno Wagner wrote:
Arno Wagner wrote: [...]
Since IBM is being sued over the 75GXP, it is unreasonable to expect
them to admit fault.

I think you have it backwards: IBM is being sued because they
did not admit the problem.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Actually, they're being sued because some lawyer didn't have enough to do,
but that's beside the point.
Click to expand...

I agree on both counts. Alternatively because some layers wanted
more money. That seems also to be the main problem with the
current patent system (also besides the point).

Arno
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carloschoenberg wrote
Are Hitachi drives any good? Particularly the 250GB Deskstar? I know
they bought IBM's notoriously bad HD division. But can they be
significantly worse than any other?
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Hi there,
yes they are very *nippy* drives. I just bought two 160GB 7K250's for
£66.00 each! Here is a result from HD-Tach, just one drive connected to an
INTEL mobo:

http://img32.exs.cx/img32/4976/Hitachi_7K250.jpg

I have owned Raptors before (1x 36GB, 2x 36GB RAID-0 and 1x 74GB Raptor) and
outside of benchmarks its hard to tell the difference!

They seem quiet and cool, what more do you want!
 
I get 114 burst rate :(, though my old segate could only manage
somthing like 50 or somthing pathetic like that.

Iam happy.
 
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