<p><br>
> No I don't consider that a scam. Most consumers don't use raid, so if<br>
> the drive can recover from a failing sector by trying multiple reads to<br>
> see if it can get lucky, then that makes it a better drive.<br>
><br>
> The fact raid systems have a time limit on a drive responding makes the<br>
> above behaviour undesirable when using it in a raid.<br>
><br>
> So the two uses have mutually exclusive needs.</p>
<p>Hmm, good explaination. I was not aware about this stuff. In short, they sell the less intelligent drive more expensive to discourage consumers from buying them.</p>
<p>One follow up question, does this too apply to linux software RAID? I mean, would software RAID eject a drive for taking too long to respond?<br><br></p>
<p>><br>
> To some extent I think WD sells raid edition drives for more money than<br>
> non raid drives just to make sure consumers don't buy them thinking<br>
> "raid drives must be better or faster so I will use that" and end up<br>
> with a much less reliable drive in their single drive system. People that<br>
> need them will know what they need and get the right one. Now I would<br>
> prefer the old method where a software tool or a jumper could change<br>
> the behaviour, but unfortunately we don't get that option anymore.<br>
><br>
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<p>William</p>