Hard drives, quality

Fri Jan 17 15:58:53 CST 2003

The 80G is new, and the 20G is probably geared more towards being a spare.
"Spare Parts" drives are always expensive.  I bet an old 4.3G red-tab
Compaq drive would run you over $300 new these days, but the only reason
you would need one is to replace a failed drive in a critical system.  They
charge more because they can.

- Kevin

                    Jared Smith                                                                     

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                    01/17/2003 11:26 AM                                                             

I'm buying four identical drives for RAID 5. I'm hoping to buy IBM, but if
someone has a better suggestion, I'm open by virtue of good evidence.
What puzzles me is, a 20G drive is $92. An 80G drive is $106.
What's up with that? I need stability above all; is the 20G
a better buy for this reason? Can anyone please explain
why it's roughly the same to buy these two very different sizes?

20G
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100414

80G
http://www.googlegear.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=100418

-Jared