When considering my own RAID 0 setup I looked at all available 60GB drives and decided on the Maxtor's - here's why:
Conditions-
24/7/365 99% read-only video streaming on a LAN
Bandwidth is primary issue - seek time is not
Data backup to slower large single hard disk on a nightly basis (rotated), so redundancy is not a primary issue.
Need the drives to out-live the warranty (I don't want redundancy to become a regular issue - I want the drives to last).
IBM - drives perform VERY well and are quiet, but:
60GXP's have longetivity problems - the drives will most likely require warranty exchange after 1-2 years of use.
120GXP's have not yet shown better reliablilty (and IBM recommending only 8-10 hours of daily use doesn't instill confidence).
Seagate:
Barracuda IV - shows excellent performance under single drive configurations, but a timing issue causes RAID 0 arrays to perform extremely poorly - sometimes worse than a single drive.
WD:
Current 60GB 7200RPM drives perform OK, but are near the bottom of the pile.
Single 100-120GB JB drives with 8MB cache perform extremely well, but not as well as a 120GB RAID array - These drives are expensive and I can get better performance from a 2 x 60GB RAID 0 array.
Maxtor:
ATA133 King - with 3-4 drive RAID 0 this becomes important.
current 60GB drives are very well priced and perform very close to IBM. They appear to be rebranded Quantum Fireballs (excellent reliability and performance) as Maxtor now owns Quantum.
Maxtor is not the performance leader, but considering price, performance, longetivity, and reliablility I went with Maxtor.
I thought a thought, but the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I had thought.