Talking about disk reliability...

This topic seems to come up with some regularity, what are reliable disk drives and which seem to cause problems?
I can't answer that question ( I'm a mere end-user, not a repair shop owner), but I can share what I have experienced in many years of video editing with many kinds of different disks.
Seagate SCSI 10K 36 GB disks. I once bought a 5 disk enclosure with these disks and within one year 2 disks died. Got them exchanged under warranty, but again the next one failed (no longer under warranty) and then the next one. I finally decided to get rid on all of them, they were not reliable. Era: 1995- 1998.
Samsung F1 1 TB disks. Have 16 of them and  only one failed in three years time, exchanged under warranty. Era: 2008-now.
Seagate 7200.11 1.5 TB disks in a NAS. Had 7 of them and within three years 12 failed, first 5 of them, replaced under warranty, then the next 5 not under warranty, then the next 2 failed. An utter disaster.
Hitachi 5K series 1 TB, Had 6 of them and 2 failed under warranty. No problems since.
Maxtor 500 GB (don't remember the model). Had 4 of them and two died of old age after 4 years. Era: long ago.
Seagate Constellation ES 1 TB. Have 25 of them and no problems yet. Eras: 2012-now.
I have used an occasional WD drive, but they died usually within 2 years, but then we are talking about the last century, so it is no longer relevant now.
This does not give hard evidence about what to buy, but if people can weigh in with their experiences, it may lead to some conclusions of what is reliable and what is not.

About 5 years ago I had two Western Digital 250Gig drives fail in a "short" time... I think one in the 1st month and the second within 3 months
Looking at the dates and locations on the drives (I had bought both at the same time) they were made in the same week at the same location
WD replaced both drives (which ran fine, I later sold that computer when I built a new one) and never did tell me "exactly" what happened... but based on my reading of the drive labels, I "presumed" that the plant had a box of bad components
I have never had any more problems with WD drives

Similar Messages

  • About Disk Utility's secure erase options

    Hello!
    I am going to format the drive to reinstall the OS, it's time for a full cleaning!
    I see that I have some options to erase the disk:
    - Don't erase data
    - Zero out data
    - 7-Pass Erase
    Is there any difference about the performance of the disk before the erase? I don't talk about the possibility or security of the erased data; I ask for the disk speed and smooth.
    Thank you.

    Those options will have no effect on the performance of the drive.

  • What is iMovie talking about with this error message?

    I have an iMovie 4 project that has been output to iDVD successfully some time ago from my G4 (Tiger 10.4.8). I recently copied it onto my iBook (600MHz - 10.4.8). When I try to insert an extra Title before a new footage clip I get the message - "You can't run this application from a read only disk." So I press OK and then I get "Error in system operation (-5000).
    What is it talking about ?
    Any advice much appreciated!
    Thanks
    Arnie

    If you have two versions of the project available — one on the DVD and one on the hard disk — make absolutely sure you are opening the one on the hard disk. If iMovie is opening the last-opened project, it may be opening the project on the DVD.
    Karl

  • Can I place an image in the Note section of Contact book . I use a MacBook Pro with Yosemite 10.10 . I am NOT talking about using an image to identify the contact, just an image that contains some information relevant to the contact. I have tr

    I want to place an image in the Note section of my Contact book . I use a MacBook Pro with Yosemite 10.10 . I am NOT talking about using an image to identify the contact, just an image that contains some information relevant to the contact. I have tried copying and pasting, dragging and dropping.

    From reading Vista forums support for SSD is one of the things Vista SP2 and Windows 7 hope (need) to improve upon. I was in a similar discussion once befoe on SSDs:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8482110
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10026010-64.html
    http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/index.htm
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-US&q=IntelSSDVista
    I don't think it is EFI issue, but with XP and drivers, lack, and wonder if you can try with Vista?
    http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080908-intel-tosses-hat-into-ssd-ring-wit h-80gb-launch.html
    That won't solve performance issues, but should work.
    http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/22/sandiskssd_vistabeef/
    "My guess is that [Samsung and Microsoft] are maybe working on the OS recognizing an SSD with a 4K-byte sector size instead of a hard disk drive with a 512-byte sector size," Wong said.
    Sun is already working with Samsung to bulk up SSD support on the ZFS (Zettabyte File System), which is included in the Solaris OS, and will also be supported in Apple's upcoming Mac OS X 10.6, codenamed Snow Leopard. Sun is adding capabilities to boost the durability and performance of SSDs on ZFS-based operating systems. For example, Sun may add defragmentation capabilities for SSDs, which organizes data in a particular order to enable quicker data access.
    SSDs were not considered ideal for defragmentation because of limited read-and-write capabilities, Wong said. However, Samsung and Sun in July jointly announced an 8G-byte SSD that bumped up durability from 100,000 read-and-write cycles to 500,000. That brings defragmentation in SSDs closer to reality, which could improve its caching and provide quicker access to data. Sun plans to put SSDs into storage products later this year.
    http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/54115/samsung-microsoft-talks-speed-ssd s-vista

  • AppleMobileDeviceHelper Crash on Mac - forums only talk about this being a windows issue

    AppleMobileDeviceHelper Crash on Mac - forums only talk about this being a windows issue
    It happens on my iMac with my iPhone

    I noticed several permissions changes after the last install of iTunes.
    Launch Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility) and run the permissions repair routine on your hard drive. Then run verify disk. If any error is reported by the verify disk routine, restart your computer while holding down the Shift key. This will boot you into Safe Mode. The restart will take longer than normal, as diagnostic and repair routines are taking place. When the Finder shows up, restart normally. Then try your CD again.

  • My itunes want let me download free apps its talking about my billing information!

    My itunes want let me download free apps its talking about my billing information why?

    Hello Deangelo,
    Thank you for the question.  It sounds like you do not want to add a credit card to your Apple ID.
    I suggest updating your billing information to "None" using the steps in the section titled "Change your payment information on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch" in the following article:
    iTunes Store: Changing your payment information
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1918
    If you are not seeing the "None" option when updating your billing information, I recommend the following article:
    Why can’t I select None when I edit my payment information?
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5366
    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
    Best,
    Sheila M.

  • How do you get Itunes to go the free radio station list, I'm not talkiing about the one that lists the price next to the song that's playing, I'm talking about the one that lists about 50 diffrent genes.

    How do you get Itunes to go to the free radio station list, I'm not talking about the one that lists the price next to the song that's playing, I'm talking about the one that gives you 50 diffrent genes to select from?

    This forum is for questions from those managing sites on iTunes U, Apple's service for colleges and universities to post educational material in the iTunes Store. You'll be most likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the general iTunes forums.
    But answering quickly, if you mean the streaming stations, click the Internet item:
    If you don't see that item, checkmark "Internet Radio" in the General preferences in iTunes.
    Regards.

  • 3 iOs 5 bugs no one seems to be talking about

    I've noticed 3 bugs in iOs 5 that no one seems to be talking about.
    1.  Sometimes the setup personal hotspot toggle in settings will keep thinking even if you don't tap on it.  I believe this contributes to the poor battery life.  I've found the only way to stop this is to reboot with home & power buttons.
    2.   When playing a movie or music the fast forward/search toggle on top is unresponsive.  It takes up to 5 times sometimes for it to pick up that my finger is on it, and by this time it's already skipped around so much that it's pointless.
    3.  This last one is more of an app compatibility issue.  Google's search app times out and is useless now since opening Safari and using the search function in the corner works much faster.
    APPLE PLEASE ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IN THE NEW iOS UPDATE

    ddizzd,
    You're not addressing Apple here, only other users just like yourself.  You're just wasting your time and breath on this forum.  You need to post here:  http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

  • Recently, iTunes upgraded.  My 7th generation iPod is now not recognized and I cannot sync.  The troubleshooting talks  about being visible in Windows (iPod is invisible)  No other options and nothing about windows 8

    Recently, iTunes upgraded.  My 7th generation iPod is now not recognized and I cannot sync.  The troubleshooting talks  about being visible in Windows (iPod is invisible)  No other options and nothing about windows 8

    I have had similar issues with mine, happens mainly if I transfer songs and then decide to disconnect my iPod to listen to them with my IEMs (I use Interenet Explorer in my case and it is not neccessarely up when this happens, so I seriously doubt it is an issue conencted to the web browser). I have no patience for this so my trick is I try to eject it from iTunes, if that does not work, then I bring Windows explorer up, right mouse click on the iPod mounted drive and select Eject. It gives me the same warning but there is a third button selection called Continue. When I choose that it just disconnets the drive anyway and the iPod is finally disconnected. It seems to work each and every time I do it so this solution is fine for me. Would be intersting to see what the real root cause of this is because I started getting this problem with the newer iTunes 11.

  • HT1338 When I try to download the iMovie Update :  "You have updates available for other accounts.  To update this application, sign in to the account you used to purchase it." shows -don't know what other accounts it is talking about? I Only have 1 Apple

    When I try to download the iMovie Update :
    "You have updates available for other accounts.
    To update this application, sign in to the account you used to purchase it." shows -but I don't know what other accounts it is talking about? I Only have 1 Apple Id !

    Maybe this will help. If you monitor the "More Like This" box, other solved threads appear. Opening them usually displays other threads.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4236

  • I cannot find a way to sort the bookmark folders themselves alphabetically by name.I am not talking about in a view mode but in the way they are displayed when I click on my bookmarks tab. Can someone explain to me how to accomplish this.

    I have a lot of various book mark folders with websites contained within each folder. I am able to sort the websites within each folder alphabetically by name but I cannot find a way to sort the bookmark folders themselves alphabetically by name.I am not talking about in a view mode but in the way they are displayed when I click on my bookmarks tab. Can someone explain to me how to accomplish this other than manually dragging them as this is extremely hard for me due to the fact that I am a quadriplegic with limited hand movement dexterity

    Bookmark folders that you created are in the Bookmarks Menu folder. "Sort" that folder.
    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Sorting_bookmarks_alphabetically

  • Please, I hd not paid my adobe plain, so, it´s canceled ... ok ... but just on few days I paid. My payments, today is OK, bur, all the time I opened my sotwares, I receive messages talking about I have, only, few days to use my softwares ... like "You hav

    Please, I hd not paid my adobe plain, so, it´s canceled ... ok ... but just on few days I paid. My payments, today is OK, bur, all the time I opened my sotwares, I receive messages talking about I have, only, few days to use my softwares ... like "You have 02 days to expire your Adobe CC" ... I try reload my computer  ... and many others ways to resolve this case, but I didn´t have successul ... Someone help me? Tks!

    You had purchased CC on 01/24/14 which was cancelled & then you again purchased CC 9/7/14, the error message that you are recieving is due to the cancellation as the server is trying to remind you, please log out & log back in of the CC desktop app to activate the new cc . The issue should be resolved.
    You have 20 GB of space allocated indicating you have active CC.
    Regards
    Rajshree

  • Why is the wifi reception on my iPhone 5 so poor. I'm not talking about in my own home with my own router. I'm talking about AT

    Why is the wifi reception on my iPhone 5 so poor. I'm not talking about in my own home with my own router. I'm talking about AT&T hotspots, public hotspots, etc. I can hold my 3GS and my 5 side by side, the 3GS picks up more signals with more strength. The 5 seems to have a weaker wireless network than its predecessors. It's very frustrating because I can be 20 feet from a wireless router, and still only show 2 bars, if I don't end up losing the connection. What gives??

    I've done the resets...no real help at all.  Im Also on my 2nd iPhone 5. The first was replaced because of a faulty external speaker module. Both phones wifi reception pretty much suck. ESPECIALLY if the case is on. I'll luck out a little bit by taking the case off...but not much.

  • HT1338 There is a lot of talk about the Java security issues and the ability to download a patch fix, do i need to do this or will software update pick this up for me?

    There is a lot of talk about the Java security issues and the ability to download an apple patch fix, do i need to do this or will software update pick this up for me?

    Thanks for that, how do I establish if I have Java installed as on Safari preferences it indicates the following
    Web content - Enable Java
                        - Enable JavaScript

  • How do I get my money back? Adobe Send feature set not even close to Send Now. No password protected download link option, poor contact management, no branded sending, no Outlook add-in / support. Wow. Talk about killing an excellent product.

    How do I get my money back? Adobe Send feature set not even close to Send Now. No password protected download link option, poor contact management, no branded sending, no Outlook add-in / support. Wow. Talk about killing an excellent product.

    Poor Contact Management? I see no contact management lol.
    What a fiasco!
    Pay Doyle

Maybe you are looking for

  • I recently changed from windows to i mac my i pod was not recognized by the pc so i reset and deleted my i pod still the mac does not reconize the device

    I was using a Windows pc then bought a new Mac.My i pod is an old model i was using with the windows pc. I reset and deleted the content from my i pod.The i pod has come back on with a picture that shows a usb an arrow to i tunes but i tunes is not r

  • Basic Javamail Authentication

    Hi, Could somebody tell me what is wrong with the following code? I have to authenticate myself to receive a email since I am inside a firewall.. The following is what I have right now.... import javax.mail.*; import javax.mail.internet.*; import jav

  • Change cell's color in jtable when user clicks on it

    Hi everyone, i've got a JTable, and would like to change the background of a cell when user selects it so i added a mouselistener over my jtable, the mousereleased method looks like this:           public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {           

  • Dropping frames in QT export from CS3

    I just got CS3 for my PC and I was all excited about the new feature that lets you export dynamic/actionscripted/MovieClip content. I do animation targetted at TV, so everything needs to be rendered to AVI or Quicktime, so I figured that this new fea

  • Life Cycle Management of J2EE Platform

    Posted By: John Oristian on February 27, 2003 @ 02:56 PM With all of the APIs and Components involve in the J2EE platform how does one maintain a synchronized system as api/component version change? If I am using specification 1.3 does that imply a c