good, reliable external HardDrive ?

I'm in the market for a reliable external hard drive-

I've heard too many horror stories about drive failures and want to get one that has the least chance of breaking down on me, I also plan on backing up to DVD and storing in a different location to be extra safe. can someone make a suggestion?

I can only speak about my own experiences, and I'm very satisfied with Maxtor and EZQuest. I have an old Maxtor One Touch II drive that is over 4 years old and is used constantly as a boot drive. I also have an EZQuest drive that is over 5 or 6 years old and it still works. I had another EZQuest drive that ran constantly as a boot drive for 4 years before it finally died. I use another Maxtor One Touch 4 Plus for backups and clones and I'm happy with that one, too. I've also been satisfied with customer support over the years from both EZQuest and Maxtor (now Seagate).

Claire