From nobody Tue Jun 28 21:44:31 2022 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB642871477 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:44:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4LXdRB26xlz4b60 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:44:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from [IPV6:2607:fb90:7c38:b036:f0ca:90fe:104:bd6f] (unknown [172.58.4.113]) (Authenticated sender: galtsev) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 390D84E48B for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:44:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:44:31 -0400 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.9.1 Subject: Re: hardware recommendation Content-Language: en-US To: questions@freebsd.org References: <25275.14490.634554.58598@jerusalem.litteratus.org> From: Valeri Galtsev In-Reply-To: <25275.14490.634554.58598@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4LXdRB26xlz4b60 X-Spamd-Bar: - Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.96 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[172.58.4.113:received]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[128.135.20.70:from]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.13)[0.134]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.991]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 6/28/22 1:21 PM, Robert Huff wrote: > > A disk drive on one of my machines is dying. > I'd like to replace it with a _reliable_ (the old one lasted 10+ > years at moderate loads) consumer-grade SATA II or higher drive of at > least 500 gbytes. > Any particular product lines getting consistantly good reviews? > And what should I avoid like flesh-eating bacteria? > > > Respectfully, > > > Robert Huff > I join everybody recommending Samsung SSD (a pair as a mirror, but I for one only go for hardware RAID/mirror). Spinning drive: I join recommendation of Ultrastar. It is not HGST these days, the line and design group were bought not long ago by WD, and WD wisely keeps things as great as they were. My recollection of Ultrastar (companies who desgned/produced them) over time: IBM, Hitachi, HGST, WD. Seagates recommended here as well have much poorer reliability record in my book. That is over last 20 years, about 2000 drives spinning simultaneously in "my stables". But things may have changed during last couple of years, we will know new statistics about that in some 5-7 years I would say. Valeri Valeri