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From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
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Subject: Hitachi vs Seagate: Opinions wanted 
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I've always used Seagate or Quantum drives in my servers ... with the 
recent thought about switching to Dual-Athlon servers, from Intel, and the 
caveats about both heat and power that I've had, its been recommended 
switching to Hitachi drives from the usual Seagate ... also, apparently 
the failure rates are higher on the Seagate's are much higher then the 
Hitachi ...

Since I can't say I've ever had a complaint (other then the U320 firmware 
fiasco that Seagate did fix), I'm wondering if there is that much of a 
difference with the Hitachi's to warrant the extra ~$50/drive ... ?

The server we are putting together will be a 2U chassis, with 6 U320 
drives in it ... either hitachi or seagate ...

Thoughts?  Opinions?


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Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
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