Which 160-180 GB ATA disk is reliable and fast ?

[Andreas Klemm]

My current Seagate Disk has severe unrecoverable read errors.
ad0: 76319MB <ST380021A> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66

Jun 14 22:11:22 titan kernel: ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting
Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: ATAPI 00 00
Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: ATA 01 a5
Jun 14 22:11:23 titan kernel: ad0: success setting UDMA33 on VIA 82C686A chip
Jun 14 22:11:25 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40
Jun 15 03:01:57 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40
Jun 15 20:40:46 titan kernel: ad0: 76319MB <ST380021A> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66
Jun 15 20:40:46 titan kernel: ad0: hard error cmd=read fsbn 115471868 of 115471868-115471871 status=51 error=40

Before using this Seagate Drive I had severe problems with
40GB IBM and Maxtor drives.
They all worked for about 1/2-1 year and then failed quickly :-/

I have to look for another drive now, but which one ?
Do you have perhaps some background informations concerning
the one or other drive ?

IBM	IC35L180AVV207	185,2 GB  8,5/8192/7200  U-100 IDE  184.00 EUR
        Deskstar 180 GXP
Maxtor	6Y160P0		160,0 GB  9,4/8192/7200  U-133 IDE  164.00 EUR  
	DiamondMax Plus 9
Seagate	ST3160023A	160,0 GB  8,5/8192/7200  U-100 IDE  189.00 EUR 
	Barracuda 7200.7
W.Digit	WD1600JB	160,0 GB  8,9/8192/7200  U-100 IDE  189.00 EUR 
	Caviar Special Edition

In this link you'll see that the Seagate disk has a bad write
performance compared to other drives like the IBM 180 GXP.
	http://www.ixbt-labs.com/articles2/seagate-barr7/

I'll connect the drive to my on-board ATA interface which is
only capable of UDMA-66.

The drive should be in the 1st place reliable (don't want to replace
my drives on a 6-12 month cycle anymore) and performance is also a matter.

What's your recommendation ??

Thanks

	Andreas ///

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