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Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 16:24:43 -0700
From: "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>
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Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Arguments Pro/Contra Software Raid
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>> Well western digital and Seagate both carry 5 year warranties. Seagate I 
>> believe does on almost all of there products. WD you have to pick the 
>> right drive.
> 
> That's nice, but it seems similar to my Toshiba laptop drive experience
> --- it breaks, we replace it.  I would rather not have to replace it.  :-)

Laptop drives are known to have short lifespans do to heat. I have IDE 
drives that have been running for four years without any issues but I 
have good fans blowing over them.

Frankly I think if you are running drivess (in a production environment) 
for more then 3 years your crazy anyway :)

> 
> Let me mention the only drive that has ever failed without warning was a
> SCSI Deskstar (deathstar) drive, which was a hybrid because it was a
> SCSI drive, but made for consumer use.
> 


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