HD Failure rates low vs high capacity drives

[jose]

Hi everyone,

Do you think low capacity drives are better (73g-160) verses high capacity drives in
the 200+ ranges ?? Almost all my experience is w/ scsi drives w/ 5 yr warranties.

I find them very reliable, they seem to never break. What are your experiences w/
high capacity drives ? The reason I'm asking is the price for 160g-250g drives are
super cheap. But I'd hate to have 100gigs of data go south, or have to deal w/ factory refurbs after the drive develops bad sectors..

Thanks for the input.

Regards,
Jose

 

[Arcanedeath]

Larger drives tend to have more platters / heads / parts so more stuff can go wrong w/ them than smaller drives, a larger drive is there for more likely to fail but not really enough more so that you need to be worried