[PLUG] CMR/PMR hard drive manufacturers and vendors

[Tomas Kuchta]

More recent q3 2020 hard drive reliability stats:

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2020/

-T

On Sun, Nov 1, 2020, 14:20 Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 1, 2020, 3:38 PM Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:
>
> > I want to purchase more backup hard drives:
> > 3.5 inch SATA, 6 to 10 TB ( best price per terabyte ),
> > 5400 RPM ok, reliability important.
> >
> > Who makes,  and who sells, reliable "CMR" hard drives
> > with a decent (3 to 5 year) full replacement warranty?
> > Who should I avoid?
> >
>
>
> Backblaze, a commercial backup company, reports their hard drive failure
> rates regularly. Since they have a large sample to learn from I find their
> statistics useful.
>
> https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q2-2020/
>
> Bill
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