[geeks] Problems with WD RE3 SATA disks on SPARC/S10?

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Friday 19 March 2010, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 09:27:01AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > Anybody else had problems using WD RE3 SATA disks on SPARC?
> > See here for details:
> > http://www.sunhelp.org/2010/03/18/anyone-else-having-problems-with-
> >solaris-10- and-wd-sata-drives/
> > I'd hoped to have the new SunHELP machine up this weekend, but
> > since I can't afford another 1T drive right now that's put off
> > until the disk issues are resolved.
> 
> I'd like to publicly thank Hichael Morton for purchasing a Hitachi
>  Deskstar 1TB SATA drive and having it overnighted to me, so I can
>  get the server upgrade done while doing some testing and debugging
>  (and if necessary, warranty replacement) on the WD RE3 hard disk.

FWIW, I've been pretty happy with my 1TB/7200RPM Hitachi disks so far, 
and haven't had any problems with them, and I've used them in a x86 
Linux box (main storage server), ReadyNAS box (other storage server), 
and TiVo HD.

Pat
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