imported_Gholam
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Working as a tech in a store, I have pretty broad statistics, at least on WD drives as that's the only brand we stock (besides Hitachi on SCSI) so here goes...
WD800JB - our primary drive model, excellent, hundreds of drives sold, maybe one or two came back.
WD1200JB - HORRIBLE, absolutely HORRIBLE, we hardly ever sell them, perhaps a dozen in the last half year, and like 5 or 6 have been RMA'ed already, some multiple times. They also typically die without warning, heads get stuck or motor stops working, so all your data is kaput.
WD1200JD - better than JB for some reason, even though they are supposed to share the same mechanical parts. Out of 30-40 drives, maybe 1 or 2 RMAed.
In the old days, I used to swear by Quantum, but then Maxtor bought them and quality quickly deteriorated 🙁 Those slim Fireball III's (if I got the name right) are absolute trash. I still have 2 6.4GB Fireball EX drives in my mother's box, and a 8.6SE in my sister's box, and a 20GB Maxtor (Quantum in all but name, made shortly after acquisition) in my linux box though, all working perfectly.
WD800JB - our primary drive model, excellent, hundreds of drives sold, maybe one or two came back.
WD1200JB - HORRIBLE, absolutely HORRIBLE, we hardly ever sell them, perhaps a dozen in the last half year, and like 5 or 6 have been RMA'ed already, some multiple times. They also typically die without warning, heads get stuck or motor stops working, so all your data is kaput.
WD1200JD - better than JB for some reason, even though they are supposed to share the same mechanical parts. Out of 30-40 drives, maybe 1 or 2 RMAed.
In the old days, I used to swear by Quantum, but then Maxtor bought them and quality quickly deteriorated 🙁 Those slim Fireball III's (if I got the name right) are absolute trash. I still have 2 6.4GB Fireball EX drives in my mother's box, and a 8.6SE in my sister's box, and a 20GB Maxtor (Quantum in all but name, made shortly after acquisition) in my linux box though, all working perfectly.
