From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jan 27 14:38: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B2837B420 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 14:37:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA25202; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:37:10 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20020127153209.026d95a0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:37:03 -0700 To: Nils Holland , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Western Digital HDs In-Reply-To: <20020127201512.A263@tisys.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:15 PM 1/27/2002, Nils Holland wrote: >Hi folks, > >well, does anyone have some experience with Western Digital's current >drives, specifically the 80 GB WD800BB? Mine just quitted service for good >with interesting clicks and then a whole lot of unrepairable errors in WD's >diagnostic software. WD hard drives are a very mixed bag. I have a server with one of their 3GB units that has worked perfectly for more than 5 years without one glitch. I've heard horror stories about other models, though. Sam's Club had a $100 rebate on their 100GB/Ultra100 model up until the new year, bringing the net price down to $129, so I installed one. It's worked fine so far, but it's too early even to see if it'll make it past the infant mortality period. When 4.5 is done I'll load it onto the machine and use the WD drive as a big Web cache, so the drive is sure to get plenty of exercise. We'll see how it holds up. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message