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Good point Alvin. Just reading all your replies it seems we all have a story to tell about each HDD manufacturer. We build RAID systems and bought about 40K 1Tb drives this year. We do a proper qualification on every component we use as we feel we are responsible for each customer's data and as...

We integrate Hitachi 1Tb SATA all the time in RAID systems (24 Bay) and never have any problems. We tried Samsung but they run far too hot and only last about 4 months. Seagate was OK but not as fast as the Hitachi and also ran hotter. We have a company policy not to buy WD after a number of...

It's Hitachi all the way for me from now on. They are without doubt the most reliable drives on the planet.