Looking at Western Digital Rapter (WD360)

[Neal Matthis]

But I've been reading about the WD360, the 10,000 RPM Serial ATA drive. It
benches right along with a Quantum Atlas Ulta160 SCSI drive in througput and
seek time. I really want to try this drive out, but I'm worried about
reliability. I have heard of at least 5 incidents over the past couple
years of Western Digital drives crapping out after less than a year in
service. Me and a couple friends have been staying away from them for this
reason. Has WD made their drives reliable again or was it a fluke to start
with?

Neal

 

[Rod Speed]

But I've been reading about the WD360, the 10,000 RPM Serial
ATA drive. It benches right along with a Quantum Atlas Ulta160
SCSI drive in througput and seek time. I really want to try this
drive out, but I'm worried about reliability. I have heard of at
least 5 incidents over the past couple years of Western Digital
drives crapping out after less than a year in service.

Just the usual mindless stuff. That happens with any
drive manufacturer. And most of their drives dont fail.

Me and a couple friends have been
staying away from them for this reason.
Mad.

Has WD made their drives reliable again

They werent unreliable in the first place.

or was it a fluke to start with?

Yep. The technical term is 'pathetically inadequate sample'