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It usually takes something really bad happening before things get better. Absolute best mechanical drives available until quite recently can be traced back to
by rasz 4y ago
It usually takes something really bad happening before things get better.
Absolute best mechanical drives available until quite recently can be traced back to Deatstar. Deskstar 7K4000 were absolute best in class.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deskstar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deskstar
Hitachi bought IBM hard drive business in 2003 for $2B. Sadly Its now owned by WD.
- jasomill 4y agoOf the ~20 assorted Deskstar and related Ultrastar drives of that vintage I've had in regular use over the past decade, exactly one has failed...because I dropped it. HGST SAS SSDs (the ones that pair Intel NAND and Hitachi SAS controllers) have also been reliable performers in my home office experience, even without (RAID controller support for) UNMAP (SCSI "TRIM"). Incidentally, these now appear to be selling on eBay for more than I paid for them "lightly used" several years ago.