[Ubuntu-US-CA] Failing/failed hard disk advice

[Alex @ Call the Ninja]

logo <http://calltheninja.com>

Alex Bryan / Senior Technician
310-951-9290/ calltheninja at gmail.com <mailto:alex at calltheninja.com>

Call The Ninja
879 W 190th St FL 4, Torrance, CA 90248
5870 W Jefferson Blvd? Suite E, Los Angeles, CA 90016
http://calltheninja.com

Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/calltheninja> Yelp
<http://www.yelp.com/biz/call-the-ninja-computer-repair-gardena>

We do see much higher "unexpected" failure rates of Seagates in our shop
-- most WD drives we get are very old and were known to be on their last
legs. Backblaze did an analysis of their drives recently (as they use
consumer-level drives) and found Seagate to be much more reliable than
any other brand with Hitachi taking the lead. There was also a similar
analysis done by a russian data recovery company that found the same
results regarding Seagate. One of the issues for consumers is that
Seagate will release multiple models with the same model number making
QA very difficult for consumers.

logo <http://calltheninja.com>

Alex Bryan / Senior Technician
310-951-9290/ calltheninja at gmail.com <mailto:alex at calltheninja.com>

Call The Ninja
879 W 190th St FL 4, Torrance, CA 90248
5870 W Jefferson Blvd? Suite E, Los Angeles, CA 90016
http://calltheninja.com

Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/calltheninja> Yelp
<http://www.yelp.com/biz/call-the-ninja-computer-repair-gardena>

On 06/18/2014 12:30 PM, Scott DuBois wrote:
> On 06/17/2014 12:00 AM, Grant Bowman wrote:
>> My new friend who is trying Ubuntu with a disk from Lyz (thanks Lyz)
>> just sent me an email. An external hard drive Seagate (1TB, model #:
>> srd0sp0, newegg carries them for $79) with USB interface is not mounting
>> automatically. When plugged into the MacBook Pro computer a slight
>> clicking sound is heard, then it gets quiet and the light starts blinking.
>>
>> I don't know how much travel this drive has done. Some person on the
>> internet took theirs apart:
>> http://stx.lithium.com/t5/Backup-Plus-and-Seagate-Slim/Backup-Plus-Blinking-Light/td-p/176962 
>> We will try rebooting and mounting on other computers and try to see the
>> partitions and filesystems tomorrow. Perhaps the moral of the story is
>> to buy Western Digital or another manufacturer? Other thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks for ignoring this post or redirecting me to a more appropriate
>> place if you think it's off-topic.
>>
>> Grant
>>
>>
>>
> I've been reading some good things about the product below lately as
> I've found interest in listening to the Security Now! podcast. Since
> 1999 I've always heard from others to "only" use WD drives and avoid
> Seagate. While I have always followed this advice I can hostly say I
> have NEVER had a drive crash internally or externally.
>
> I've also been told to avoid PNY RAM for what it's worth. : )
>
> https://www.grc.com/default.htm
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20140618/7bfacc21/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 32941 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20140618/7bfacc21/attachment.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: facebook.png
Type: image/png
Size: 554 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20140618/7bfacc21/attachment.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: yelp.png
Type: image/png
Size: 763 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20140618/7bfacc21/attachment-0001.png>