Western Digital 320Gb hard drives?

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CJT said:
I've got some, too, and never had a problem.

Perhaps it's just the luck of the draw, but I can't help think that
some of the people who complain about drives have abused them (e.g
run them too hot).
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Have fun explaining how come they get a different result with other drives.
 
Matt Silberstein said:
How about this Maxtor
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Maxtor's current reputation puts it below Seagate and WD for
reliability. Of course, reputations often lag reality. Usenet posts
still dump on Deskstars, but the current Hitachi models are pretty good.
 
Biffa said:
Ahem .... methinks you sprout unjustified rubbish sir.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=158

http://www.storagereview.com/ is always a good site to consult when
validating and evaluating a new drive, but don't take everything they say at
100% face value.
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Hi Brownz,

Just had a Maxtor OneTouch in for recovery.

The drive was a Maxline II - which Maxtor rate as having 1 million hours
MTBF. It failed dismally in this case - overheating. Strange thing
was, it had a lot of hard wiring on the drive - post production.

Makes you wonder about Western Digital's claim about MTBF. In my mind,
MTBF means nothing at all.

Although I still rate Seagate as the best drive around I have had many
problems with their current crop of 250GB drives - both PATA and SATA -
even though the only difference is the logic board.



Odie
 
Rod said:
Have fun explaining how come they get a different result with other drives.
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Rarely will the same person have multiple varieties of drive in
identical environments.
 
I would guess that Western Digital is now getting 133GB of storage per
platter
133GB X 3 = 400GB
 
Maxtor's current reputation puts it below Seagate and WD for
reliability. Of course, reputations often lag reality. Usenet posts
still dump on Deskstars, but the current Hitachi models are pretty good.
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Thanks. I'll wait a bit.
 
Rarely will the same person have multiple varieties of drive in
identical environments.
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A person, sometimes.
But for a company it's most of the time wrong.

I feel you are really lucky with your WD having no problem at all.

Nick
 
Odie Ferrous said:
Hi Brownz,
Just had a Maxtor OneTouch in for recovery.
The drive was a Maxline II - which Maxtor rate as having 1 million hours
MTBF. It failed dismally in this case - overheating. Strange thing
was, it had a lot of hard wiring on the drive - post production.
Makes you wonder about Western Digital's claim about MTBF. In my mind,
MTBF means nothing at all.
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MTBF is normally a figure devised in someones head using some whizzy
formlula and a little testing in a lab.

The only way to seriously analyse a vendors performance is to collate mfg
and field failure data and plot that against an eAFR based on part weeks.

The statistical relevence of an eAFR only really comes into play when you're
talking large volumes and have over 50,000 part weeks of data though.
 
Some terminal ****wit that cant even manage its own lines,
or anything else at all, either, desperately cowering behind
puerile shit thats all it can ever manage.
 
tod said:
I would guess that Western Digital is now getting 133GB of storage per platter
133GB X 3 = 400GB
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Obviously you consulted the WDC link provided below. *NOT*.
 
Odie Ferrous said:
Hi Brownz,

Just had a Maxtor OneTouch in for recovery.

The drive was a Maxline II - which Maxtor rate as having 1 million hours
MTBF. It failed dismally in this case - overheating. Strange thing
was, it had a lot of hard wiring on the drive - post production.

Makes you wonder about Western Digital's claim about MTBF. In my mind,
MTBF means nothing at all.

Although I still rate Seagate as the best drive around I have had many
problems with their current crop of 250GB drives
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- both PATA and SATA - even though the only difference is the logic board.
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To some that would provide a clue.
 
tod said:
WOW, so Western Digital is now using four platters.
First time I've seen it.
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Take a look at the documentation on legacy drives on the WD site. We have
for example their WDE4360 enterprise SCSI drive from 1997, with four
platters. If WD can't get reliability out of drives with more than three
platters that alone is reason to avoid them.
 
Not enough numbers to database to guess at the reliability factor. And even
then, a one-sided database can deceive the conclusion. Every HD mfr makes
some "uh-ohs" once in awhile. The fact of the matter is the consumer is the
guinea pig. Best you can do is get the most extensive warranty coverage as
part of the purchase.
 
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