Barking cheap hard drives

Toby · 25-04-2009, 23:37

If anyone's in the market for a new drive, Ebuyer are currently doing 1TB Hitachi drives for £59.99 delivered! Bonkers price and I just couldn't say no to more space for the server

Zirax · 25-04-2009, 23:48

Good price. This might be out of date, but after the Hitachi / IBM fiasco I wouldn't go near them with a barge pole. With that kind of volume data I presume you have a backup solution?

Toby · 25-04-2009, 23:50

Been a long time since the Deathstars and I've been using Hitachi drives for ages with no problems.

As for backups - the drive is going in the server and will be the backup drive itself so I'm only in trouble if both my own drives and the server's drives fail at the same time

divine · 26-04-2009, 00:26

I think i'd rather pay £10 more and get a Western Digital.

Psymonkee · 26-04-2009, 00:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by divine

I think i'd rather pay £10 more and get a Western Digital.

This is my take on it too

A Place of Light · 26-04-2009, 02:43

This reminds me I need to get hold of another 320gig Sammy F1.

SiD the Turtle · 27-04-2009, 13:06

Cheap, but as others have said I'd rather pay the difference to get Sammys or WDs.

Jingo · 27-04-2009, 14:15

I've bought a new HD but decided to pay £15 more for a Western Digital Caviar Green with a 32mb cache.

The difference between 16 & 32 mb caches may be dismissed as neglible by some but I noticed a staggering difference personally

Choosing a personally tried-and-tested company in addition to this was worth the £15 extra in my opinion

Thanks for the heads up though Vertigo- competitor prices like this have no doubt brough the price of my drive of choice somewhat

iCraig · 27-04-2009, 14:20

Probably just paranoia these days, but I stick to Westerns personally. Although I haven't tried Samsung. Out of all the drives I've had, my Westerns have never died prematurely. In fact, the only one that recently died was from my old old machine. 120GB IDE drive that had been working hard for nearly 6 years in a stifling case. Not bad.

I've had a Maxtor. Died after 2 months. I've had Hitachi and Seagate, died in under a year as well. When I was doing my training on our hardware side of the business, we had loads of DOA Maxtors. Same courier, same sort of padded boxes. Must have been just crap quality control as the Westerns were fine 99% of the time.

Chuckles · 27-04-2009, 14:26

That's a bargain. I think I'll pick one of those up. I've got another 1TB Hitachi and its been fine so far.

25-04-2009, 23:37	#1
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	Barking cheap hard drives If anyone's in the market for a new drive, Ebuyer are currently doing 1TB Hitachi drives for £59.99 delivered! Bonkers price and I just couldn't say no to more space for the server __________________

25-04-2009, 23:50	#3
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	Been a long time since the Deathstars and I've been using Hitachi drives for ages with no problems. As for backups - the drive is going in the server and will be the backup drive itself so I'm only in trouble if both my own drives and the server's drives fail at the same time __________________

26-04-2009, 00:26	#4
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	I think i'd rather pay £10 more and get a Western Digital. __________________

27-04-2009, 13:06	#7
SiD the Turtle Columbian Coffee Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 90	Cheap, but as others have said I'd rather pay the difference to get Sammys or WDs. __________________ SiDTheTurtle.co.uk - Updated 27/09

27-04-2009, 14:15	#8
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	I've bought a new HD but decided to pay £15 more for a Western Digital Caviar Green with a 32mb cache. The difference between 16 & 32 mb caches may be dismissed as neglible by some but I noticed a staggering difference personally Choosing a personally tried-and-tested company in addition to this was worth the £15 extra in my opinion Thanks for the heads up though Vertigo- competitor prices like this have no doubt brough the price of my drive of choice somewhat __________________

25-04-2009, 23:48	#2
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Good price. This might be out of date, but after the Hitachi / IBM fiasco I wouldn't go near them with a barge pole. With that kind of volume data I presume you have a backup solution?

26-04-2009, 02:43	#6
A Place of Light Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,247	This reminds me I need to get hold of another 320gig Sammy F1.

27-04-2009, 14:20	#9
iCraig iCustom User Title Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,250	Probably just paranoia these days, but I stick to Westerns personally. Although I haven't tried Samsung. Out of all the drives I've had, my Westerns have never died prematurely. In fact, the only one that recently died was from my old old machine. 120GB IDE drive that had been working hard for nearly 6 years in a stifling case. Not bad. I've had a Maxtor. Died after 2 months. I've had Hitachi and Seagate, died in under a year as well. When I was doing my training on our hardware side of the business, we had loads of DOA Maxtors. Same courier, same sort of padded boxes. Must have been just crap quality control as the Westerns were fine 99% of the time. __________________

27-04-2009, 14:26	#10
Chuckles '09 sexual conquests: 4.5 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,075	That's a bargain. I think I'll pick one of those up. I've got another 1TB Hitachi and its been fine so far. __________________