WD has been plugging along at about 10%-20% higher prices than Seagate, but without the major problems.
HGST has an on-again/off-again relationship with quality… but their enterprise drives seem solid.
Above all, make sure you carefully check out the MTBF and POH specs for any drive you’re considering – many new drives aren’t rated to *SPIN* 24x7 anymore.
Lastly, I now suggest buying retail from a local provider to whom you can (relatively) easily return them. The age of the reliable HDD seems to be over.
-Adam
From: roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin McGregor
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 8:03 PM
To: Continuation of Round Table discussion
Subject: [RndTbl] Hard drives
I need to replace my (degraded mode :-( ) 2 TB RAID 5 array ASAP. I'd like ~3 TB of usable space and RAID 1 is preferred over RAID 5/6. Would anyone like to suggest replacement drives?
Kevin