With one notable exception, my drives are into their 5th year of service and one is approaching 7. The exception was a Hitachi 120 GB that failed twice within 6 months. I suspect a bad lot of drives. (After much bitching, Hitachi replaced the 120 with a newer design 250 and it seems to be okay.)
Mostly, my boxes are home built with server grade enclosures... hefty power supplies and lots of cooling. The Hitachi was in a B&W Mac.(?)
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With one notable exception, my drives are into their 5th year of service and one is approaching 7. The exception was a Hitachi 120 GB that failed twice within 6 months. I suspect a bad lot of drives. (After much bitching, Hitachi replaced the 120 with a newer design 250 and it seems to be okay.) Mostly, my boxes are home built with server grade enclosures... hefty power supplies and lots of cooling. The Hitachi was in a B&W Mac.(?) k