Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Brick Question

[tron]

So I have been working in the tech field for sometime and I know about the problems with the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB drives going into brick mode. I wanted to buy two of them because from what I knew about their problem was that it's a firmware problem with the drives and that's why they go into brick mode in a few months? Now if I buy them and update their firmware from seagate's website I should be good then and no more brick modes?

[talontromper]

Does the updated firmware say that it addressed the bricking issue?

[tron]

Does the updated firmware say that it addressed the bricking issue?

That's what the other techs that I worked with said. And I have been researching it for a while and have found a lot of it having to do with the firmware.

[tron]

Does the updated firmware say that it addressed the bricking issue?

Apparently I was told also that they have mechanical problems in that model. So I think I won't take the chance with them. I was planning on putting them in a mirroring raid mode. I figured it would be a cheap fix if one died. But I don't think I would like to replace drives every 4 months. haha

[patio]

Let's see if i got this straight....you want to find a HDD that had known issues...and then buy 2 of them and set them up in a Raid enviornment ? ?

[Crafty]

Let's see if i got this straight....you want to find a HDD that had known issues...and then buy 2 of them and set them up in a Raid enviornment ? ?

My thought exactly. Whats the point in buying them if they have problems? I'd love to hear the reason behind this one.

[Linux711]

Let's see if i got this straight....you want to find a HDD that had known issues...and then buy 2 of them and set them up in a Raid enviornment ? ?

I was planning on putting them in a mirroring raid mode.

He was planning on getting them until he found out about the issues.

[Crafty]

He was planning on getting them until he found out about the issues.

He says that he is still thinking about getting one, even though he knows they have had problems. There are other brands of harddrive that have never had this problem, so for that reason alone I would opt to get one of the other ones.

[patio]

He said what he said...until we hear back we'll never know.

[tron]

I was wanting to do a mirroring raid with them. But I only thought the problem was related to firmware with the drive going into brick mode. Then someone said on another forum that they are also known for mechanical problems as well. Which I was not aware of. So I will be staying away from them.