Hi there,
I built my system on 2 WD Blue Caviar disks, back in April this year.
One of these become unusable after installing a raid on it and was returned DOA and replaced.
The second has now failed with a bad block.
I'm pretty certain that 2 out of 3 drives failing within warranty (one within hours) is unusual with a majar manufacturer like WD.
So I need some advice, should I return the currently failing drive under warranty and simple load up on it when it returns, or get a more reliable drive and use these for back up/storage?
If I should get a more reliable drive does anyone have a suggestion as to what?
Thanks for your help!
I built my system on 2 WD Blue Caviar disks, back in April this year.
One of these become unusable after installing a raid on it and was returned DOA and replaced.
The second has now failed with a bad block.
I'm pretty certain that 2 out of 3 drives failing within warranty (one within hours) is unusual with a majar manufacturer like WD.
So I need some advice, should I return the currently failing drive under warranty and simple load up on it when it returns, or get a more reliable drive and use these for back up/storage?
If I should get a more reliable drive does anyone have a suggestion as to what?
Thanks for your help!