Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>
> >> 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.
> >
> > That's nice, but it seems similar to my Toshiba laptop drive experience
> > --- it breaks, we replace it. I would rather not have to replace it. :-)
>
> Laptop drives are known to have short lifespans do to heat. I have IDE
> drives that have been running for four years without any issues but I
> have good fans blowing over them.
>
> Frankly I think if you are running drivess (in a production environment)
> for more then 3 years your crazy anyway :)
Agreed --- the cost/benefit of keeping a drive >3 years just doesn't
make sense.
--
Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
+ If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +