Re: [twuug] TWUUG Agendas

[Mark Davis <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gerry Massie wrote:
> 
> At 10:24 AM 9/30/00 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Gerry Massie wrote:
> >> IMHO WD makes a pretty decent drive.   Look at it this way, if yours burns
> >> out in a year they replace it FREE, with a NEW drive.   
> >> 
> >> I've been using WD's for over 10 years, and between them and Seagate they
> >> work just fine...   And this is in an environment with a TON of drives.
> >> Seagates are great for servers, WD's work great in workstations.
> >> 
> >> Your mileage may vary....  but qualify it eh ?
> >
> >Well, my experience with WD drives has been HORRIBLE, as has been the
> >experience of most everyone I know that has used them.  Rarely do they even
> >seem to last a year.
> 
> 
>   Define HORRIBLE.   How many failures in how many years across how many
> drives ?

Way too many

> <flame>
> 
> If you are going to bash a piece of hardware and the company that makes it,
> how about some good examples instead of generalizations ? 
> 
> </flame>
> 
> ;-)

Well, I am a human.  Humans live by generalizations, typically.  I don't
keep statistical records on drive failures over the many years.  So, I
will admit that my impressisions are based on just what I remember.
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