AFN wrote:
"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message
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AFN wrote:
I need to buy some drives for a company server, to be used in a RAID
configuration. I'm used to buying SCSI drives, because I love 1)
that they feel cool to the touch when running and 2) they have a
high "mean time between failure" number (MTBF). I just hate the
price of SCSI drives and this is for a small business.

Now, I see that SATA drives have a good MTBF number comparable to
SCSI. So I'm thinking of buying the Maxtor 9 or 10 series SATA
drives or the WD Raptors that spin at 10k. They all have MTBF
numbers like SCSI drives but can someone tell me how cool or hot
they are to the touch?

If an IDE (regular ATA) drive runs warm/hot, and a SCSI drive in
the same enclosure runs cool, where does SATA fall? Does anyone
know from experience touching these drives while they're running?


They might be the most reliable drives on the planet these days, but
once bitten...and these days I steer clear of Crapster - I've yet to
see one last longer than four or five months. I have three WD
Raptors in my system and they are surprisingly cool - in fact I'd go
as far as to say cold and relatively quiet.
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My great-grandfather was born and raised in Elgin - did he eventually
lose his marbles?






Thanks for the reply. Is there anything unusual about the Raptors
in your case that might have made them crash (like you live in humid
Hawaii or a hot desert without A/C)? Could you tell me how many
Raptors you've had and how many of those have had true mechanical
(really not working) problems?


Hot and humid?! Here in Blighty?! Naw - stable 22°C all year round. How many
have I had? Three - the three I have now. It's Maxtors I hate. Most
unreliable drives in the known Universe.
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My great-grandfather was born and raised in Elgin - did he eventually
lose his marbles?