[Gllug] Source for quality 24/7-duty cycle SATA drives?

[Chris Bell]

On Wed 12 Apr, Grzegorz Jaskiewicz wrote:
> 

> it is in the very nature of harddrives to fail from time to time. My guess 
> would be to get twice as much HDs and put them in Raid1, or simply to "burn" 
> the hardware before using it in production. Setting up quite intensive tasks 
> on HDs for a week or two will clearly show the quality. 
> In process of setting up new servers for my clients, I always advice to "burn 
> test" them before putting in production environment. Sometimes few days is 
> enough, sometimes you need more time.

   Agreed

> Where is about certain manufacturer, WD discs never failed me, and I do even 
> have few sata drives from them.
> 
> 
> 
   I was told that at one time WD made the mechanical drive components for
other manufacturers who just added the electronics and brand names.

-- 
Chris Bell

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