[Slackbuilds-users] lists.slackbuilds.org hardware problem

[B Watson]

On 6/21/13, W. D. Milner <slackware at caisteal.net> wrote:
> The solution is to use appropriate drives for the purpose. There are
> reasons some drives are specified for RAID/enterprise use. Yes they cost
> more, but they are also far more reliable and longer lasting than
> desktop drives used in the same environment.

>From reading the linked articles, it looks like these "desktop" drives
are useless even for casual desktop use (they still die young, and they
cause GUIs to freeze up while waiting for the heads to unpark).