Don't think I'd ever mix drive manufacturer's in any RAID configuration, myself. That seems to go against the grain. But maybe my notions on that point are out-dated. Anyone else have opinions on that? <br><br>
-Rob<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Florin Iucha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:florin@iucha.net">florin@iucha.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 09:52:52PM -0500, Dean E wrote:<br>
> Unfortunately smartd is emailing me that one is failing the smart self<br>
> test. They are only about a month old :-(<br>
> Read your reviews carefully, some of the "green" 5900rpm drives have a<br>
> high failure rate! I tried to pick the one with the best reviews and<br>
> still seems I may have gotten a bad one.<br>
<br>
</div>I built my file server with three WDC "Green Power" 750GB in RAID5 and<br>
it performs adequately. I am mainly storing my own documents,<br>
articles and books in PDF, my MP3 collection and the raw digital<br>
photos (25MB each).<br>
<br>
After two years of 24/7 service, one of the hard drives died. It took<br>
WD three weeks to scrounge a replacement so in the mean time I replaced<br>
the failing drive with a low-power Samsung.<br>
<br>
Taking into account the huge capacities (chances of failure and effects<br>
of failure are increasing) and low prices (chances of failure<br>
increasing), every computer that I will build from now on will have RAID<br>
(1 for workstations and 6 for servers) and with hard drives from different<br>
manufacturers. Also, for the servers and workstations ECC is a must.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
florin<br>
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