Something interesting about hard drives
May 22, 2016 18:17:42 #
A while back there was a discussion about hard drive integrity/durability. I came across this and thought I should share. Interesting to say the least.
http://www.geek.com/news/backblaze-tested-61000-drives-for-one-billion-hours-and-found-the-most-reliable-1655318/
http://www.geek.com/news/backblaze-tested-61000-drives-for-one-billion-hours-and-found-the-most-reliable-1655318/
May 22, 2016 18:43:39 #
Just bear in mind that it's not whether or not a hard drive will fail, but when. Some will spin on seemingly forever, others will fail quickly. If you're lucky enough NOT to get one of those, there are many factors which impact drive life. Quality of power and heat are only two that jump into my mind!
May 23, 2016 08:38:12 #
OlinBost
Loc: Marietta, Ga.
I remember when SCSI drives were used. Very few ever failed and are still more efficient than many of today's drives.
May 23, 2016 09:42:58 #
OlinBost wrote:
I remember when SCSI drives were used. Very few ever failed and are still more efficient than many of today's drives.
Me too! But they did fail!
May 23, 2016 12:44:30 #
OlinBost
Loc: Marietta, Ga.
I still have several 4 gig drives and 1 MFM BIG hard drive for the old PCs.
May 23, 2016 14:12:04 #
OlinBost wrote:
I still have several 4 gig drives and 1 MFM BIG hard drive for the old PCs.
Do you have the address and phone number of the Smithsonian?
May 23, 2016 21:36:51 #
Brianm wrote:
A while back there was a discussion about hard drive integrity/durability. I came across this and thought I should share. Interesting to say the least.
http://www.geek.com/news/backblaze-tested-61000-drives-for-one-billion-hours-and-found-the-most-reliable-1655318/
http://www.geek.com/news/backblaze-tested-61000-drives-for-one-billion-hours-and-found-the-most-reliable-1655318/
It IS interesting! Personally I've had two hard drive failures, an internal and an external. Both were WD. So I've been buying Seagate since then. But this might just change my opinion now.
May 23, 2016 22:38:54 #
marcomarks wrote:
It IS interesting! Personally I've had two hard drive failures, an internal and an external. Both were WD. So I've been buying Seagate since then. But this might just change my opinion now.
Same here, but both were external.
May 23, 2016 22:58:47 #
Bridges wrote:
Same here, but both were external.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a Hitachi drive in consumer electronics stores. One thing I did learn though is that a Toshiba external drive won't work on a Dell computer. The Dell recognizes that the Toshiba drive requires more current than other drives and thinks it's drawing too much (although it isn't) and shuts down the power to the USB buss it's connected to. I had bought one at Best Buy and couldn't get it to work. Thought it was the drive and returned it for a new one. Still wouldn't work. After about a half hour of Google I found the answer. Returned it, told them that and most didn't know that but one guy did. Bought a Seagate, no more problem.
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