[PLUG] Hard Drives - WD Red Pro?

[Daniel Bolduc]

While there are brand-centric trends in general, I think what really comes
out of these reports is that there specific models with very high failure
rates.  Mostly these are seagate drives yes, but other seagate models don't
necessarily have issues.

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 8:27 PM, Nathan O'Brennan <plugaz at codezilla.xyz>
wrote:

> On 2017-11-14 19:07, Daniel Bolduc wrote:
>
>> Whenever possible I always check Backblaze's reports on hard drive
>> reliability before purchasing one. Not all models are included, only the
>> ones they use as a company, but so far as I know it is the only large
>> scale
>> reporting of drive reliability that exists.
>>
>> https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-stats-q2-2017/
>>
>> - Dan
>>
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>
>
> I love checking out their data, and reading the comments. Everyone, across
> the board it seems, hates Seagate. Over the last 20 years I have had dozens
> of drives and many have died and many have lived on long beyond what I
> consider safe to use. And right now, my personal file server is running all
> Seagate drives. I've never had a Western Digital drive last more than a
> year, but my Seagates seem to last forever. My most recent purchases were
> Seagate and Hitachi and just over a year out the Hitachi failed and I
> replaced it with a Western Digital which didn't last six months. The
> Seagate that replaced it along with the original are still going strong.
>
> Someone has to have good luck with Seagate, I guess I'm just that one!
>