Hard drives

[Eggle]

I need two new 40Gb HDD for my Axis DVR.
Which is the best make out of Maxtor, Seagate or IBM?

[Plotloss]

I personally favour IBM/Hitachi.

Disk choice seems to be relatively personal though most people seem to avoid Maxtor.

[V]

I quite like Seagate as they have the best warranty and are generally reliable.

[pdV6]

I tend to avoid Hitachi as I have personally had a lot of them fail.
Never tried Maxtor.
I like Seagate but have had the odd failure.

My personal fave (not on your list though) is Western Digital; I've used loads over the years and can't recall a single one failing.

[bigdods]

pdV6 said:

My personal fave (not on your list though) is Western Digital; I've used loads over the years and can't recall a single one failing.

+1 although I'm now using one of their 'green' drives and find its a touch noisier than the nornal ones.

[Man-At-Arms]

40GB ? is that size still available

Western Digital everytime for me
Caviar Green for the eco-fans
Caviar Black for good performance

but i prefer the Raptor range , they're as fast as fk

[V]

Man-At-Arms said:

but i prefer the Raptor range , they're as fast as fk

Until you try an SSD

[Eggle]

From the web site
Supported hard disk drives
Manufacturer Model Capacity Comments
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 40GB 6E040L0
Maxtor Fireball 3 40GB 2F040L0
IBM DeskStar 60GXP 40GB IC35L040AVER07
IBM DeskStar 120GXP 40GB IC35L040AVVN07-0
Seagate Barracuda 5400.1 40GB ST340015A
Samsung SpinPoint V 40GB SV0412H
Samsung SpinPoint V60 60GB SV0602H
Hitachi DestStar 180GXP 60GB IC35L060AVV207-0

Note: A maximum of 40 GB disk space will be utilized, even if the disks are larger than 40 GB.

This seems to be my task, to find one of these

[V]

I'd say your best bet is to look on eBay and places like the avforums classifieds