My Western Digital 7200 rpm 30 gig ATA100 drive is only 2 months old, but it
did come with a 3 year warranty and says the maximum Time Before Failure is
150,000 hours.  That's more than 15 years of 24X7, and there really aren't
too many of us who are going to keep something that long.  As the prices get
cheaper, they are more easily replaced.  Mine cost $120 on the Internet, and
there were stores selling them cheaper than that.  Now, two months later,
you can probably get that drive for not much over $100.  Joel


> I am writing to ask if 7200rpm drives are significantly shorter
> lived than 5600rpm drives or have any other drawback which I
> might be overlooking.
>
> Thanks in advance for any info.
>
> Michael Eisenstadt
>
>

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