On 02/04/2014 01:45 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Jim <binarynut(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>> Fedora 18.
>>
>> Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch
>> Internal Bare
>> Drive ST2000DM001
>>
>> Has anyone had any experiernce with this hard drive on Linux.
> YMMV of course, but I've had to replace 2 1TB Seagate Barracudas (I
> know, not the unit you're asking about) on my NAS (Iomega ix2). One
> failed after a couple of months, the other about two years later.
> Luckily the disks were mirrored so I didn't lose anything. I replaced
> them with WD drives.
>
> Also, you might want to look at
>
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/01/putting-hard-drive-...
>
>
> poc
Yup! I was going to say that I had bad experiences
with Seagate drives and replacements costs money
so I dropped Seagate went with Hitachi some years
ago! poc has provided the link!
The warranty for Hitachi drives are 3 years
and gone are drives with 5-year warranties?
YMMV and I am (still) running 6x2TB 24/7 without a glitch!