Seagate seems to be back - it reinvents<div>itself every so often. Maxtor was a favorite</div><div>years ago, and then ran in to quality problems.</div><div>Don't know about today. Maybe 10 years ago</div><div>WD was offering three year warranties to get</div>
<div>people back. But in my experience they are</div><div>rock solid today. I've had very good luck with</div><div>them.</div><div><br></div><div>There seems to be a lot of churn in the </div><div>industry, and even the same manufacturer</div>
<div>can have good and bad models.</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Steve Romanow <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com">slestak989@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 3/2/2010 3:43 PM, Bob Kline wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Steve Romanow <<a href="mailto:slestak989@gmail.com" target="_blank">slestak989@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> On 3/2/2010 3:19 PM, Michael Mol wrote:<br>
>> ...I think I found the SATA controller card I want. That box
I picked<br>
>> up from David Wise is perfect for it!<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
> Look at the review on teh front page that has the heading "Not<br>
> compatible with Samsung F1 RAID 1 TB drives". Talks about random
goofiness.<br>
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Given my experience with SAMSUNG, I'm very, very inclined to say<br>
that's SAMSUNG's problem. SAMSUNG drives are utter crap, and I won't<br>
complain if I never have to use one again.<br>
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<div>What's your favorite drive manufacturer?</div>
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<div>These things float around. Right now I</div>
<div>prefer WD.</div>
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<div> -- Bob</div>
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