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Seagate, warranty period, unknown.
I thought they were kidding. But, apparently, Seagate doesn't know what warranty period they have on their shit. I'll get a bit over elaborate, but the back story is as follows: I bought a second ...
My experience with Seagate drives over the past 8 years or so has not been as happy as yours. I agree that "luck of the draw" is a factor, and that I probably don't own enough drives to have a solid statistical measure. However, I had enough bad drives to persuade me to switch away from them. Most of these were not in RAID arrays btw.
I agree that their communication on the topic is not doing them any favors.
Here's a couple of links reporting on the warranty changes about a year ago. I don't know how long drives might remain in retailer inventory.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/ ... ty_periods
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/seag ... -20111219/
http://www.storagereview.com/western_di ... ty_lengths
http://www.eurobyte.co.za/seagate_warranty_policy.htm
I agree that their communication on the topic is not doing them any favors.
Here's a couple of links reporting on the warranty changes about a year ago. I don't know how long drives might remain in retailer inventory.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/ ... ty_periods
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/seag ... -20111219/
http://www.storagereview.com/western_di ... ty_lengths
http://www.eurobyte.co.za/seagate_warranty_policy.htm
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