From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: <gentoo-user+bounces-158234-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org> Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDAC813877A for <garchives@archives.gentoo.org>; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:46:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 122D5E0882; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:46:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f52.google.com (mail-wg0-f52.google.com [74.125.82.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C11EAE086A for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:46:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id m15so1329292wgh.23 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:46:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=Q4VFxTCMFfPhxAdrbo2Eiv1I8CKEZfmQOFzvrZ3bvqg=; b=XAp7Z1JoIWzmdzcQOr/51SPshjdCuxoP/qlTpcwkveGdTl1jcHgf2R75/b7f6204jx FTW/x8419CnvDO3tNfzfGvSEwn1zVWfh32xUzqlDMui4hcvESixIt4eDhGeoPcRtva4c uvz/ZShzDiijMGqQ7J7vKrgqJHNDsWCrRDpqoVVd9ar/3MWLfls/jfAUUSa45hxtZ9G/ +jC4PO3SrFlwNybx8DZMfK4UwTSE0CgrHU0uJITomd2njHCiM7jWx1neHxObaHduXAMc DbvOT8oDmu7859G66V057OGodLEsJwrzbcw53Bbk9DAb7jxDToyJuUArP+hr+5hSr8tq I0DA== X-Received: by 10.194.58.83 with SMTP id o19mr9226315wjq.20.1409262408437; Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:46:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id dd1sm13100407wjc.35.2014.08.28.14.46.46 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:46:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 1TB 2.5in drive recommendation Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 22:46:15 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.14.14-gentoo; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <20140828204510.GI26952@syscon7> In-Reply-To: <20140828204510.GI26952@syscon7> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6714310.7grcx4fbIa"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201408282246.31427.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 1bca8f36-8810-456f-aa5c-d70621bba61e X-Archives-Hash: cf3f34fd49d1572d2043c3fde37d1d14 --nextPart6714310.7grcx4fbIa Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday 28 Aug 2014 21:45:10 Joseph wrote: > I need to select 500GB or 1TB infernal 2.5in drive, any recommendation > (reliability) of the brand. My current WD 320GB fail after 5-years. Interesting ... mine also failed catastrophically a couple of months ago af= ter=20 around 5 years of continuous use. Which reminds me to run a backup on my Seagate: Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 Device Model: ST9500420ASG I'm not sure how much anecdotal reports on reliable drives actually hold=20 water, unless we're talking about an epidemic of failures like I seem to=20 recall Dell's Seagate drives experienced a few years ago. =20 =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart6714310.7grcx4fbIa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAABCAAGBQJT/6M3AAoJELAdA+zwE4YeNisH/1w4slW1PtoNcraSpcegVwfF jdQZLW2kNTUKRZvsNzHUN6xo2+FHaRkAAJedm5W2cgh3xrqoeUSm3o1PPFDVtrsI sYwY6BhnZwXx+PkB/9/TeRGrrDF4yoLUrQxjYPulPJVpC8SKwrMOiqB9DZEvfK2d exI0Q89NtFFIaKsRi4qhDhs4nXC0LsE4YYyljExSeKjQWedJmQPT8ESPWz7vPFBl 8LoERyw5Q4woEp5kHe5X69HvESpC4OfJGbNfcziREn8vk+1hxBMwLdJ3ZPuOAo9b lhGgWMQDJXawDIVM2SFAaxu/OujsrrA52Qa+9WzzJPDgiNA0j9CcbCdTkm3YSKg= =BSWU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6714310.7grcx4fbIa--