On Mon, 2016-02-15 at 21:00 -0600, Richard Shaw wrote:
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:02 PM, SternData <subscribed-lists@sterndat a.com> wrote:
I just got one of these to replace one that was dropping sectors:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005T3GRN2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref _=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Yeah, I shopped around a bit and decided to give a referb with 1 year warranty a shot. It's a WD enterprise drive.
The one that's dying is a Seagate which I shouldn't have bought after the last Seagate I bought had to be RMA'd 3 times over the 5 year warranty. I know statistically it doesn't matter (some are made by the same OEM) but it's just left a really bad taste in my mouth.
I've had problems with Seagate drives, but at least some of them are improving: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/hgst-h ard-disks-still-super-reliable-seagates-have-greatly-improved/
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