[Discuss] Tired of unreliable external drives... recommendations?

[dbarrett at blazemonger.com (Daniel Barrett)]

I asked:
>>Are there ANY reliable, quiet, external drives of size >= 3TB today...?

Richard Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:
>No.  Disk drives are mechanical devices.  Mechanical devices fail.  Take 
>it as read that the drives you use for backups will fail, data will be 
>damaged, and you cannot predict when that will happen....

True in general, but not quite what I was asking about. My old drives
lasted 4-5 years. My new ones last 6 months. I'm looking for better media.

>The problem isn't the reliability of the media.  It's the reliability of 
>the data on that media.

Generally true, but when media lifespan drops by a factor of 10, it's
reliability of the media too. :-)

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