> I purchased the same model of disk from two different vendors to decrease the chances of getting two disks from the same manufacturing batch.
I prefer mixing brands/models instead. Two vendors _might_ get you a different batch, but you could be choosing a bad model. I ended up building mine from three different WD models and two Seagate ones. I'm paranoid and run with two spares.
I prefer mixing brands/models instead. Two vendors _might_ get you a different batch, but you could be choosing a bad model. I ended up building mine from three different WD models and two Seagate ones. I'm paranoid and run with two spares.