[sclug] Seagate ST3300831A-RK Barracuda 300GB 7200RPM disk

[Alex Butcher]

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006, Derek M Jones wrote:

>> Seagate ST3300831A-RK Barracuda 300GB 7200RPM
>> 
>> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2VsZWN0X3Byb2R1Y3Rfb3ZlcnZpZXc=&product_uid=81597 
>> Are Seagates any good though? groups.google didn't throw up any horror 
>> stories but maybe some folks here have Deeper Clue.
>
> The point that convinced me to buy nine 400G Seagate drives when
> building a server for my latest project was the 5 year warranty.

Indeed. The only other competitor in ATA-space is Western Digital with their
Enterprise drives (5 years on Raptors, RAID Edition, and RE2 models). They
come close with 3 years on their Special Edition drives.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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