Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/03

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Subject: [Leica] Seeking Hard Drive Advice
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 13:37:56 -0500
References: <FBEA81DBAA694CB9A1E5898150299D01@jimnichols> <AANLkTinPz38hmzHeK_dL1ROOn3Y2xUBsMSrAzrX-dNPz@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, Pasvorn.  I have looked at WD and Seagate.  I don't know how the 
drives have faired since Hitachi took over for IBM.

No, no plans for RAID.  Just looking for a photo storage disk inside my PC.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pasvorn Boonmark" <pasvorn at boonmark.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "ImageStore design group" 
<imagestore at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Seeking Hard Drive Advice


> Jim,
>
> I don't think you have too many choices.
> - WD
> - Seagate
> - Hitachi/IBM
>
> IMHO, anything below 1T bytes is not too bad on reliability.  I think the
> key is to always backup.
> Are you thinking of running RAID configuration?
>
> I cc imagestore, which I think this belongs there.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Jim Nichols 
> <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote:
>
>> I need to add an additional hard drive to my Dell Dimension 4700.  I am
>> seeking advice on the reliability of available SATA drives in the range 
>> of
>> 250 to 640GB.  I have used WD and Seagate Barracuda drives in the past, 
>> but
>> find disturbing comments on the web on the reliability of their present
>> products.
>>
>> I'm not out for blazing speed or a giant size drive.  But, reliability is
>> uppermost in my mind.  Cool operation and low noise would follow.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Seeking Hard Drive Advice)
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