SCSI Hard Drives

  At Burly Storage we use, sell, and recommend Seagate drives because Seagate drives have set the standard for excellence among a crowded field of manufacturing endeavor. If you have ever listened to a cheap drive spin up, and then spin down, and felt that incomparably sick feeling in your stomach that accompanies the loss of your precious data, you know why we standardize on Seagate drives.

  Do they cost more than other drives? In some ways. But if you approach a drive purchase with the understanding that your drive will ultimately fail, (and all drives eventually do), then it is our conviction that you will actually save money by investing in Seagate drives. That day of failure will be delayed longer. You will know, perhaps in some subtle, deeply psychic way, when your Seagate drive is ailing. And when your Seagate drive finally does spin down for the last time, odds are good that it will not fail catastrophically. At least, that has been our experience. And as unempirical as that endorsement sounds, we are not alone in our bias: Seagate drives are renown for raw speed, reliability, and long life.

  All Seagate SCSI drives ship with 5 year warranties, which makes sense when you consider that it is unrealistic to expect a longer lifespan from any mechanical device created by mankind, particularly when we are discussing devices subject to the torque and daily stresses inherent in platters rotating at 7,200, 10,000 and 15,000 rpm. Perhaps a better indicator of drive reliability is MTBF (mean time between failure): Seagate drives have industry-leading MTBF ratings, indeed. Seagate Cheetah drives have an industry leading 1,200,000 hour MTBF!