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@Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 17:40:08 -0400
Subject: Re: Seagate is tempting Me
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Chris Ayers wrote:
 
> Now as to the OEM, etc.  OEM means that any support and warranty will
> be through the supplier and not Seagate.  They do sell for less than
> the drives that have a Seagate warranty, which on the units I have
> bought is typically five years.

5 years is the standard SCSI warranty. 1 year is the standard ATA
warranty, an industry wide phenom that began last October 1.
 
> The 5400 RPM essentially says it's a slower, older drive.
 
No it doesn't. There are no older 160 GB drives. 5400 means cooler
running and theoretically more reliability. Platter data density has
gotten so high that STR is the same at 5400 RPM as drives of lower
density and 7200 RPM. The prime difference now between last year's 7200
and current 5400 is access time, which is irrelevant to anyone using a
5400 RPM drive solely as a backup device.
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