[mythtv-users] Dec 2008 - State of the Art - Hard Drive Recommendations?

David Rees drees76 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 17 18:59:46 UTC 2008


On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 6:00 AM, Alex Butcher <mythlist at assursys.co.uk> wrote:
>> 7. Vendors? Seagate? Western Digital? Hitachi? Samsung? Any warrenty
>> horror stories? Others to consider?
>
> Now that Seagate are reducing their warranty term to 3 years, I'll start
> considering other manufacturers. I've done well with WD in the past, and
> Samsung seem to be a favourite. I won't consider Maxtor (yes, I realise
> they're part of Seagate these days), as every anecdote I've personally heard
> of a failed drive has been one of theirs.

Let's get this right - Only selected Seagate OEM/Bare drives are
having their warranties reduced.  You can be guaranteed to get the
full 5-year warranty by buying the retail version for a few bucks
more.

Western Digital also has a 5-year warranty on their enterprise class drives.

-Dave


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