[CUBE] Hitachi hard drives

[James Rice]

The Hitachi/IBM "DeathStar" drives need something to prolong the drives 
life.  We have had a triple failure rate of HI drives compared to 
Samsung, WD, Maxtor or Seagate.  As far as quietness of drive operation, 
I've really never paid attantion to drive noise.  I just worry about 
failure rates.  Of course in a server room, nobody notices drive noise, 
it's expected.

James


Eagle wrote:

> Greetings, all.
>
> I know many of you have researched replacement hard drives for your 
> Cubes.  Well, as you know I have a new iMac that replaced my Cube.  
> Now, this iMac has a Hitachi drive in it (specifically a 
> HDS722580-VLAT20), and apparently these Hitachi/IBM DeskStar drives 
> have this REALLY annoying, uh, "feature" which is supposed to prolong 
> the life of the drive.  If anything, it's going to limit the life of 
> my COMPUTER because I'm going to pound it into the ground.
>
> So, a word of warning: if you want quiet operation, STAY AWAY from 
> these IBM/Hitachi DeskStar drives.
>
> Now: assuming Apple will not replace my unit, what replacement hard 
> drives have you guys found to be suitable, QUIET replacement drives?  
> This one is an Ultra ATA/100 @ 7200 rpm, so I would like to stick with 
> something along those lines.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Eagle



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