[vox-tech] Hard drive Reliability

[David Spencer]

What brand are you buying and what rotational speed? I've had good luck with Seagate at 7200RPM. But that's just me. I always mirror whatever drives I get.

-- Dave Spencer

On Jul 22, 2013, at 7:58 PM, Peter Salzman <p at dirac.org> wrote:

> For the past couple of years I've been buying 2TB drives because they're so cheap.
> 
> But I think I've lost more drives in the last 5 years than I've ever lost in my entire life.  I haven't been keeping records, but I swear it feels like many of my drives last 2-3 years.  Are others finding the same thing?
> 
> Are there any manufacturers known to be more reliable than others?   Less reliable than others?
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