Re: hardware recommendation

On 6/28/22 1:21 PM, Robert Huff wrote:
> 
> 	A disk drive on one of my machines is dying.
> 	I'd like to replace it with a _reliable_ (the old one lasted 10+
> years at moderate loads) consumer-grade SATA II or higher drive of at
> least 500 gbytes.
> 	Any particular product lines getting consistantly good reviews?
> 	And what should I avoid like flesh-eating bacteria?
> 
> 
> 			Respectfully,
> 
> 
> 				Robert Huff
> 				

I join everybody recommending Samsung SSD (a pair as a mirror, but I for 
one only go for hardware RAID/mirror).

Spinning drive: I join recommendation of Ultrastar. It is not HGST these 
days, the line and design group were bought not long ago by WD, and WD 
wisely keeps things as great as they were. My recollection of Ultrastar 
(companies who desgned/produced them) over time: IBM, Hitachi, HGST, WD.

Seagates recommended here as well have much poorer reliability record in 
my book. That is over last 20 years, about 2000 drives spinning 
simultaneously in "my stables". But things may have changed during last 
couple of years, we will know new statistics about that in some 5-7 
years I would say.

Valeri

Valeri