[BBLISA] Whatever happened to Seagate?

[Mason Loring Bliss]

On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 08:46:34AM -0700, Rich Braun wrote:

> RIP, Seagate? Do you share that sentiment? (And, are you monitoring all
> your drives' temperature and error counters?)

Yeah, avoiding Seagate is a safe move. You're moving in the right direction
with Hitachi and WD.

Note that SMART statistics are *not* necessarily comparable between drive
manufacturers, either in terms of what measures are provided and what
similarly-named measures mean.

Useful reading:

    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-smart-stats/

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