[Cialug] Maxtor drives

[Nathan C. Smith]

Samsung Quieter than Seagate to be sure.  I believe they are made with PVR
in mind.

Probably not so different that it would make a big deal except in a fanless
situation.  I replaced a Samsung with a Seagate and from 20 feet away above
the noise of other fans I can hear the Seagate where I did not hear the
Samsung before.  (as an aside I don't know if the drive failed or the OS
scrambled it).

It sounds like most people agree that Seagate is going to edge everything
else out for reliability though, I can trade a little bit of silence for
that.

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Cady [mailto:doncady@bigfoot.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 1:50 PM
To: cialug@cialug.org
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Maxtor drives



> If I want quiet I buy Samsung.  I'm guessing they are probably 
> somewhere between WD and Seagate on quality spectrum.
Quieter than Seagates?
Piping my 2¢ in on this thread, I'd rank HDs in quality like this now:
Seagate > IBM(now Hitachi) > Fujitsu > WD > Maxtor, with Hitachi & Fujitsu 
really close. Haven't delt with many Samsung drives. Maxtor and Quantum have

long been bad. (and whadyaknow...) It seems like Maxtor had the higher 
failure rate, but they always happily replaced them. It's almost like their 
business model has the foreknowledge of high failure built in: They have 
plenty of people on the phones and docks ready to take your drive because, 
Hey!, they've been expecting it. It just rubs me the wrong way. Add to that
Lee's 9-3-04 post on them relabeling drives and it starts to 
make sense..

Don 


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