Seagate IDE drives -> are they any good?

[JPS]

What is the going opinion on these? I currently have two IBM 75GXPs (one 15GB and one 30GB) that I am starting to fear for given ALL of the posts here and elsewhere about drive failure.

I am thinking of getting a Seagate, 30 or 40GB, as a primary backup drive for all of the mission critical data I have. This of course will be backed up to CDR as a further safeguard, but I plan to the use the Seagate [or other drive] for nightly backups of data.

Looking forward to feedback from others...

 

[TRUMPHENT]

Seagate? Never heard of 'em!

 

[JPS]

Ever hear of the Barracuda SCSI drives - the Rolls Royce of SCSI drives - they are made by Seagate. Seagate also makes competitive EIDE drives as well and those are what I am asking about.

 

[Sunner]

I havent had a whole lot of luck with Seagate's IDE drives, have had lots of failures considdering the relatively small amount of drives I've handeled.

But this goes mostly for their older to semi recent lines, such as the original Medalist Pro's, some semi recent Barracudas(8-20 GB models), and some even older stuff.

I dont know how reliable their more recent stuff is.

 

[Random Variable]

If you can find them, check out the new Seagate Barracuda IV hard drives. They come in 60GB and 80GB flavors, they run virtually silent, and they are the first IDE hard drives that actually require an Ultra ATA/100 interface because they would oversaturate an Ultra ATA/66 interface. BTW, if the the Barracuda SCSI drives are the Rolls-Royces of SCSI drives, then what are the Cheetah X15 36LPs?

 

[Rhombuss]

Barracuda's are the Rolls-Royces because they're silent and subtle, Cheetah X15's are hummers because of the speed and power .

But anyway, Seagate makes the best mainstream SCSI HDDs - I think very few people will argue with that, but I have heard contrary things about their IDE product line. Never used an IDE based Seagate personally, so can't really backup any opinion. I think as of present, Maxtor drives seem to have a smaller percentage of drive failures.

 

[thebestMAX]

I would buy a WD before a Seagate. What does that tell you???

 

[crt1530]

<< I would buy a WD before a Seagate. What does that tell you??? >>


That you prefer WD hard drives.

 

[JPS]

thebestMAX

Why WD before Seagate?
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crt1530

Why this WARNING: Do NOT buy IBM hard drives?

 

[crt1530]

<< Barracuda's are the Rolls-Royces because they're silent and subtle, Cheetah X15's are hummers because of the speed and power >>


I would compare the X15 36LP to a McLaren F1, NOT a Hummer.