I've been SCSI for.....gawd.....a long time.
SO far, I've only ever got second hand drives, and some really are quite old.
None.....I mean NONE.,...has let me down.
Reading David's thread on a "real" server, and knowing MY requirements in the next 6 months for a serious storage server (serious in reliability, not space) for my new house, brings me round to asking:
WHY is a SCSI drive so much better built?
What bearings go in them? What hardware? Why do they spend so much more time and eoffrt on the production? DO they, or is there something inherently wrong with PATA and SATA drives?
Is it simply the quality of components? Is it a deeper thing than that?
Anyone really know? I mean...REALLY know?