[Cialug] Maxtor drives

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Maxtor and Western Digital drives are pretty much consumer grade drives... 
 They don't have the same duty cycle/MTBF as commercial/server class 
drives.  They have anywhere from 1-3 year warrantees whereas Seagate/IBM 
have 3-5 year.  I don't like either, but prefer Maxtor when compared to 
Western Digital.  YMMV based on a particular model too.

I would recommend Seagate or IBMs.  And even Seagate/IBM have lower end 
drives geared to consumers which I wouldn't purchase.

You don't see RAID manufacturers using Maxtor or Western Digital...wonder 
why?

johnl
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Maxtor and Western Digital drives are
pretty much consumer grade drives... &nbsp;They don't have the same duty
cycle/MTBF as commercial/server class drives. &nbsp;They have anywhere
from 1-3 year warrantees whereas Seagate/IBM have 3-5 year. &nbsp;I don't
like either, but prefer Maxtor when compared to Western Digital. &nbsp;YMMV
based on a particular model too.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I would recommend Seagate or IBMs. &nbsp;And
even Seagate/IBM have lower end drives geared to consumers which I wouldn't
purchase.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">You don't see RAID manufacturers using
Maxtor or Western Digital...wonder why?</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">johnl</font>
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