Hard drives, quality

[Hal Duston]

> From: "Jared Smith" <jared at trios.org>
> To: <kclug at kclug.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 11:26 AM
> Subject: Hard drives, quality
> > 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

Laptop disk (Travelstar)

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

Desktop disk (Deskstar)

Hal