[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI friendly external drive

[Jason Matthews]

From: Francois Dion [mailto:francois.dion at gmail.com] 

> I currently use it to randomly shuffle music and backup the laptop.
> I've never had it burp or error. This is on a Sony vaio Z series
> laptop running OI 151a. Same cannot be said from random 3.5 sata
> drives in no names powered usb enclosures.

I have had more drives fail in the last 18 months than in the last 18 years.

I have had Samsung, Seagate, Western Digital, Crucial, drives all go
Tango-Uniform. As the number of manufacturers of spinning rust declines
quality will likely decline with it.


j.