[ubuntu-uk] HDD drives... which brand(s)?

[Rob Beard]

Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> All of my servers have Compaq 10k drives, and I also have some
> desktops with Compaq's... I have never had one die, and they are
> raided anyway, so if one did, just get a new one and its all back to
> normal.
> 

Some of our old audio servers at work are running Compaq drives.  I've 
had a couple die but most of them just keep going.  In fact other bits 
of the hardware are failing before the drives themselves.

Not bad for 10+ year old servers running 24/7. :-)

Rob