[mythtv-users] BE Disk / Filesystem Layout

[Brian Wood]

On Apr 17, 2007, at 3:09 PM, ryan patterson wrote:
>
> I said the warranty is the PRIMARY reason SCSI drives are more  
> expensive.  I never said it was the only reason. Why do you want to  
> compare a 15k RPM SCSI drive against a regular IDE (do you actually  
> mean ATA) drive?  That is like comparing a Ford focus against a  
> Chevy corvette and saying all Chevys are expensive because they are  
> all sportscars.

I'd agree that the longer warranty is *a* reason for higher cost, not  
sure I'd buy it being the *primary* reason. I think technically ATA  
and SATA drives are both "IDE" in that they have integrated  
controllers, but I really don't think anybody failed to understand  
what I meant.
>
> I really don't understand your logic about how you would rather  
> just buy a new drive then get a warranty replacement.  If you ever  
> used RAID you would know that when a drive fails there is no point  
> in replacing it with a larger drive.  All the extra space will be  
> wasted.  Also the warranty applies to the replacement drive too.  
> Why do you think it wouldn't?

The original warranty applies to the replacement, so if you had a 5- 
year warranty and the drive failed after 4-1/2 years you would only  
have 6 months left on the warranty for the replacement device.

I just said that I personally would not bother with the hassle of  
replacing a relatively small (by today's standards) drive, especially  
if it had only a year or less to run on the warranty. You do not have  
to understand my logic, I was merely stating a fact. If you disagree  
with me I am interested in your reasoning, but I doubt you will  
change my mind.

>
> All hard drive manufacturers make drives that fail.  There is no  
> company that makes a drive that is guarantied to not be replaced.   
> So even though you would be happy to pay for that, you can't.  If  
> you plan on upgrading to a newer hard drive in a year or two then  
> by all means buy a cheap one with a short warranty.  There is  
> nothing wrong with that.

I certainly can't buy a drive that won't fail, but I will pay more  
for one that has less likelihood of failing, regardless of what the  
warranty is.

  No matter how hard you try you cannot "warrant" quality into a  
product.

Brian Wood
beww at beww.org



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