Yeah, there aren't many brands to choose from, I picked Samsung HD103UJ 1TB for internal and WD Mybook 2TB Mirror for external, just to spread my chances, without being loyal to one particular brand. Reading reviews didn't help, because for every happy customer, there's always a 1 star rating saying it died on them, and a suggestion to buy another brand, you go to check on other brand and they say the exact same thing, so.. Current Seagate 7200.11 line is clearly defective (this has also been confirmed in private conversation with someone from Seagate), other brands drives may fail, but from natural causes and on rare occasion.