Comments on Profile Post by Kunlun

Not as much as they used to be. I always check model #'s from the latest backblaze failure report.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q1-2017/

I think HGST/Hitachi are best. Seagate used to be awesome more then a decade ago, recently there was some dodgy shit going on.

Most of the well-know manufacturers (Seagate, WD, Hitachi, Toshiba) are about the same overall. It's a crap-shoot with specific model numbers and/or sizes being better than others. The most reliable method is to buy two of the more cost-effective models from one of the major manufacturers and back content up to both.

Thanks! I'm ordering two hgst Hdds. I noticed there was a one star review on Amazon starting with: "Because of the Backblaze data on HGST drives, I ordered two..." but it does seem to vary from model to model.

Every hard drive failure I've ever had has been a Seagate. Could be selection bias, but still...

From data center experience... don't build arrays with disks from the same lot. If you're building an array, easiest way to do this buy something like half Seagate, half WD for your array.

Plan on it failing, no matter what it is!

...And in these crazy times, plan on it getting encrypted and taken hostage for friggin' bitcoin ;)

@Scott Kramer
https://xkcd.com/538/