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Re: [LUG] Bah! Disks! Bah!

 

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Gordon Henderson wrote:
> 
> Had a server creak and groan overnight with disk failures of both drives
> (mirrored) I'd like to say something like: "What's the chances of that
> happening", unfortunately, it's not the first time as I had a server
> some 3 years back which lost 3 out of it's 6 drives in an 18-hour period.
> 
> All 5 drives are/were WDC drives too.
> 
> Oh well - looks like this one will limp along until I can replace them
> in a few days time. (well - badblocks scans of the partitions that are
> live was OK)
> 
> It's only 8 months old too. Ho hum!
> 
> Anyone got any recomendations for good reliable SATA disks in the
> 500-700GB size range?
> 
> Gordon
> 

Seagate ES drives..
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