ignoring the enclosure for a moment -
Hitachi drives are *all* gaurenteed for 3 years
That said -
the enclosure can accelerate drive death by simply NOT being cool
enough.
I had a 120g/7200 rpm seagate in a FW box - I did not realize until it
died how hot the interior of the enclosure got. The surface of the
drive (not the platters) was so hot it was NOT touchable.
So...
it seems that when choosing a drive enclosure (1 or 50) - be sure that
there will be sufficient cooling for the drive(s) in the case.
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:49:50 -0500, Dan Shoop wrote:
> At 9:14 AM -0500 11/21/05, Kevin Wesel wrote:
>> Well after having just lost my 3rd LaCie FW drive (Out of 4) in the
>> matter of 1 year I am ready to try other brands. I would like to
>> throw it out to the list to find out what brand seems to work longer
>> than 1 year. (Sarcasm aside, what brand do you trust?)
>
> This sort of performance is common in IDE/FW drives if you have them
> in continuous use. Most drive elements themselves are also no longer
> warranteed for longer than a year. The drive industry figured you
> wanted cheaper rather than more reliable drives. It's actually quite
> hard to find a drive unit with a five year warranty.
>
> Drives also tend to fail b/c of cooling issues. If your drives are
> getting warm, make sure they have good airflow, i.e. a fan cooling
> them.
>
> LaCie actually is the more reliable drive,
> INNSHO.
In Not So Humble Opinion???
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