So you're saying that basically all the models from a given manufacturer are of the same quality...just with different warranties...?
I don't think so.
So are you ALWAYS looking to pick a fight? Cuz that's not what he said AT ALL. Leastwise, I sure didn't get that from it. He made the very common sense observation that repackaging is far more common than re-engineering.
People can choose to stick whatever kind of drive they want into an "enterprise" level system...but there certainly are top-of-the-line drives, with better specs, longer lifecycles...and then the cheaper stuff.
That's why I find it funny when people say..."I'll never buy another _____drive"...as though every model from that manufacturer is the same quality, but they are not.
So, how, exactly do you make this determination of "quality"?
Do you go by Price?
Or do they give you a factory tour of Level 5 production control facilities?
Or is it somewhere in between?
Some manufacturers, it could be reasoned, market different 'levels' of quality. Why, I'm not entirely certain except for the exigencies of marketing.
While other manufacturers simply don't have the chops to make the Good Stuff.
Still other manufacturers play the numbers and the stats, banking on "acceptable return rates."
So spill... how do you know these things? How has this gradient level of quality been revealed to you?
See, I see people like WD packing a slow drive with small cache into the same box as their "good stuff" with the same capacity. Only that product they market specifically for "surveillance and security". After all, access, response, and read/write isn't NEEDED in such an application. Some may say, "good for them." To me, that makes it a chinzy product and they just have clever marketing to sell substandard items. What we call "making virtue of necessity". Placed inside a high level CAD system (like mine) it'd be total crap. No argument.
Trouble is, I now know they make total crap. Not all products, but certainly some. This begs the question, "will they divulge when it's crap and when it's not?" If you can't trust the ad men at a multi-billion corporation, who can you trust?
Brand loyalty is silly, I agree. Brand avoidance is equally irrational, I agree. You're right. I admitted that when i said it. Especially when you realize that the factors we genuinely need to know to make an informed decision are not made public. No-no! Dust content. 6th Sigma Tolerance reports for bearings and components. These data are proprietary. We have to rely on "reputation" which leads to decisions as irrational as brand loyalty.
Even the stats pages are based on *reported* failures. There could be many more failures that could greatly skew those findings.
And also consider the busiest studio out there doesn't demand as much from their computing assets as a rather ordinary engineering house, we as a discipline, are hardly a blip on the scene.
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