Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.43] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5353806 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:11:55 +0100 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.208]) by atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s0LFFuqh020215 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:15:56 -0500 Received: (qmail 32423 invoked by uid 0); 21 Jan 2014 15:15:56 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 24.73.238.28 X-Authenticated-UID: dsd@darkskydigital.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.3?) (dsd@darkskydigital.com@24.73.238.28) by 0 with ESMTPA; 21 Jan 2014 15:15:55 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Subject: HD reliability and failure rates From: Dann Stubbs In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:15:55 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) h= ttp://www.electronista.com/articles/14/01/21/hitachi.praised.for.reliabili= ty.seagate.cheaper.less.reliable/ a while ago there was talk of different brands and models of HD - i saw = this news item today and thought many may find it interesting as to = their testing results. interesting about the "green" and low power drives - and i too have had = the exact same experiences with those types of drives (and any green = power supplies too) with huge failure rates and extremely short life = spans. i know many are looking at SSD but for some of us the HD still has it's = place, so hopefully this is useful for some dann ___________________________________________________________________ Dann Stubbs - dann@darkskydigital.com Dark Sky Digital - http://www.darkskydigital.com http://www.RenderKing.com Value Priced C4D, VRAY Render Farm ___________________________________________________________________