No guarantees with these things - backups and/or redundancy is a must. Still, I'd seriously consider one Barracuda over two Caviars. I've had so many Maxtor and WD "box models" die that I've lost count. Then there's the performance improvement. Caviars collect in my junk bin like so many... well, never mind the planned parenthood reference.
Not to complicate things but I have to agree with Dilbert.
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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