[mythtv-users] BE Disk / Filesystem Layout
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Tue Apr 17 22:53:31 UTC 2007
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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