From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 23 13:27:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EC2F16A400 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:27:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from wmptl.net (mail.wmptl.com [216.8.159.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C805543D68 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:27:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from [10.0.0.104] (r3140ca.wmptl.net [10.0.0.104]) by wmptl.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2NDR0tG033990; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:27:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Message-ID: <4422A224.2080908@wmptl.com> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:27:00 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Camp References: <20060322161232.C8316@aslan.camp.com> In-Reply-To: <20060322161232.C8316@aslan.camp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.54 on 10.0.0.80 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: favorite ATA/SATA hard disk brand? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:27:08 -0000 Steve Camp wrote: > What brand / make / model ATA / SATA hard disks do you prefer? > > I am looking to purchase some SATA disks in the 160 - 300GB size. > I got a good deal (I think) on a Samsung OEM 250GB disk for $95 at my > local MicroCenter, but read on the web a few days later one gamer / > system builder / geeks-on-call type that he had *4* Samsung OEM disks > all die on him. So he swore off Samsung. > > So whom do you like / recommend? > > I'm currently organizing a list in my mind that looks something like: > > #1 Seagate Barracuda SATA disks > #2 Hitachi Deskstar (formerly IBM) > #3 Fujitsu (models not known) > #4,5,6 Maxtor, Samsung, Western Digital > > Intended use is for a server (NFS, maybe SAMBA) in a RAID-1 (mirrored) > configuration. I am thinking of using an ASUS A8V, A8V-E SE, or one > of the A8N Nvidia Nforce4 motherboards. OSes to include: FreeBSD, > Linux, Winbloze (maybe). > > Your experiences, expertise, recommendations are most welcome. > > -- > Steve Camp > steve@camp.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hands down, WD or Maxtor for S-ATA drives. Have had problems with S-ATA drives made by Seagate, and frankly - just don't trust them. Be careful if using RAID arrays though, Western Digital in particular because there are different drive models/firmware if using RAID or not (changes the error-correction algorithm). Performance wise - WD's Raptor series, or (in larger capacities, ie 250/320gb s-ata) 'SD'-model'd drives (RAID edition) have been great for us. I've got at least 30 servers running WD drives in RAID arrays. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/