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<blockquote data-quote="Ryan Lantzy" data-source="post: 39163" data-attributes="member: 7">Re: Rugged external hard drivesIn addition to this, server, or &quot;enterprise&quot; class drives typically offer lower error rates (100 to 1000 times lower) and are often made of sturdier materials.&nbsp; There is a trend as of late where manufacturers have begun to sell &quot;near-enterprise&quot; class drives.&nbsp; There increased reliability over standard consumer drives is a gray area.Personally... and this is only my personal experience, I&#039;ve had pretty terrible luck with Seagate over the years.&nbsp; Most of my drives are Western Digital, and I&#039;ve had several Maxtors as well (they are now part of Seagate).&nbsp; I used to buy IBM drives back in the day, but they had a HUGE issue with there Deskstar 75GXP drives (a.k.a. &quot;Deathstar&quot;) which led to a lawsuit and terrible reviews.&nbsp; They lost a lot of credibility after that fiasco.I second the idea of some SSDs.&nbsp; Evan, my guess is that your failure problems are probably mechanical and that an SSD, having no moving parts, will fix this.Another idea might be to look into laptop drives.&nbsp; The smaller disks have less flex in them and I&#039;ve never had a laptop drive die on me, and my laptop has fallen on the floor several times.&nbsp; That said, laptops typically have G sensors that spin down the hard drive when they detect free fall.&nbsp; Not sure if that is built into the drive, or an extra sensor in the laptop.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryan Lantzy, post: 39163, member: 7"] Re: Rugged external hard drives In addition to this, server, or "enterprise" class drives typically offer lower error rates (100 to 1000 times lower) and are often made of sturdier materials. There is a trend as of late where manufacturers have begun to sell "near-enterprise" class drives. There increased reliability over standard consumer drives is a gray area. Personally... and this is only my personal experience, I've had pretty terrible luck with Seagate over the years. Most of my drives are Western Digital, and I've had several Maxtors as well (they are now part of Seagate). I used to buy IBM drives back in the day, but they had a HUGE issue with there Deskstar 75GXP drives (a.k.a. "Deathstar") which led to a lawsuit and terrible reviews. They lost a lot of credibility after that fiasco. I second the idea of some SSDs. Evan, my guess is that your failure problems are probably mechanical and that an SSD, having no moving parts, will fix this. Another idea might be to look into laptop drives. The smaller disks have less flex in them and I've never had a laptop drive die on me, and my laptop has fallen on the floor several times. That said, laptops typically have G sensors that spin down the hard drive when they detect free fall. Not sure if that is built into the drive, or an extra sensor in the laptop. [/QUOTE]

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