On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 03:38:31PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> >>You want an in-depth comparison of how a server disk drive is internally
> >>better than a desktop drive:
> >>
> >> http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf
> >
> >BTW, someone (Western Digital?) is now offering SATA drives that carry
> >the same MTBF/warranty/what-not as their SCSI drives. I can't remember
> >if they actually claim that it's the same mechanisms just with a
> >different controller on the drive...
>
> Well western digital and Seagate both carry 5 year warranties. Seagate I
> believe does on almost all of there products. WD you have to pick the
> right drive.
I know that someone recently made a big PR push about how you could get
'server reliability' in some of their SATA drives, but maybe now
everyone's starting to do it. I suspect the premium you can charge for
it offsets the costs, provided that you switch all your production over
rather than trying to segregate production lines.
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