I just had 2 HDs (one seagate and one maxtor) both die on me within a year of purchase, i got warranty replacements for both, but am hesitant to use them other than for external storage due to them probably being used already. Can somebody give me a reliable model for a 500 or 750 gig HD that I will be using to put as my system/OS drive? I'm not very expert on computers and I couldn't find this kind of topic for HDs. Thanks in advance!
cool thanks would that be this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136316 or this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136283 ? what's the difference between the two? Thanks for the quick reply!
Similar exept RE3 is has more RAID features. This may help http://techreport.com/articles.x/15588 . peace.
While most people have a particular preference, the fact is that there really isn't that much difference between brands and how long a drive will last has more to do with luck (or bad luck!) than anything else. The important thing to remember is that the eHD shouldn't be your only backup - fire, flood or robbery could result in the loss of both your computer and eHD. So, I'dbe inclined to simply go to somewhere like Tiger, choose the cheapest drive that meets your needs and supplement that with online backup (Mozy will give you 2 GB of storage for free). If, for some reason, online backup is not an option, it'd be worth considering a fireproof and waterproof ioSafe Solo. They're a bit more expensive than other eHDs, but will do more to protect your data.
There is never any need to buy an RE revision drive. A normal Caviar Black is one of the best drives you can buy.
-Mostly true, except that Samsung's & Maxtor's tend to be less reliable. Maxtor is the low-end of Seagate...thus the low quality. I'm not sure why samsung's are so unreliable. -Nothing important should ever be put on a single drive with no redundancy. If you are not using RAID, you are risking everything on the drive anyway. -My recomendation: Put both drives inside the system, and use bios to set them up as a RAID-1 array. This will protect you from any losses if one of them dies on you, and it will not cost you anything!
Samsungs aren't that bad if you avoid the problematic lines. Agreed though, when you have the option use WD or Seagate.
I'd like that a step further and say that nothing important should ever be put in a single location. Some form of offsite backup is an absolute necessity.
You mean to say i'm crazy having only one drive in each of my computers and not having a backup of anything what-so-ever? You'd be right
[/quote] -Nothing important should ever be put on a single drive with no redundancy. If you are not using RAID, you are risking everything on the drive anyway. it cost you anything![/quote] I use 1 drive does that mean I'm risking everything, explain this please I don't get this. Thanks.
All it means is that if the drive should break, you will lose all the information stored on it. This isn't a problem for me, as I simply back up anything important. I have too much stuff to back it all up, so my TV, films etc. are at risk until I put my server in a RAID array, but if I do that, I want to do it right with a proper PCI express RAID controller and RAID5 or preferably RAID6.
I manually backup all my data to separate hard drives, really important data also goes to CD or DVD, while a good method, RAID isn't only way to be protected.
