| Joined: | Mon Apr 2nd, 2012 |
| Location: | Carthew, Cornwall, United Kingdom |
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For some reason my supplier only seems able to source Seagate drives. In the last year I have had 3 drive failures. The age of these drives is no more than 2-3 years. I seem to consistently 'lose' 1-2 drives per year. This is an expense I have to swallow as it is very difficult to get them replaced under warranty even though in reality they should last 3-5 years no problem. Here in Spain the AC supply is variable (180-290volts) and with outages and surges so it also shortens drive life.
I dont absolutely trust the higher capacity drives as the higher capacity is achieved by having a higher density of data packing rather than more platters.
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