Best Hard Drives
Dec 1, 2017 08:08:10 #
I included "Best" in the title because the best drive, in my opinion, is the one that is most reliable. So, here are the top five most reliable drives. I'm glad to see that three of mine are on the list.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/most-reliable-hard-drives/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/most-reliable-hard-drives/
Dec 1, 2017 08:27:38 #
Dec 1, 2017 08:38:48 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
Samsung is the leader. Surprisingly. Followed by Seagate, WD, HGST, and Toshiba. All apparently good. Good reference article.
Dec 1, 2017 08:57:44 #
JeffR
Loc: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
I haven't used Samsung hard drives, but I've found their SSDs to be excellent so I'm not surprised their HDs are highly rated. Seagate is my favorite, so I agree with them for #2, but I'd put Toshiba ahead of Western Digital.
Dec 1, 2017 15:09:36 #
Here’s the latest Backblaze reliability data referenced in the article: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q3-2017/ you can draw you own conclusions...
Dec 2, 2017 12:17:05 #
This has the potential to be comparable to a Canon vs Nikon vs ???? discussion. My personal experience has been nothing but positive with WD, both speed and reliability. On the other hand, I've had troublesome issues over the years (30+ starting with a Heath Zenith Z-150) with Seagate. Lucky for me, noise warned me of pending doom and I was able to clone the drives before they died.
Dec 2, 2017 16:06:57 #
JeffR
Loc: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Since buying my Osborne in 1982, I've only had one hard drive failure, and it was a Western Digital. I've had a dozen or more Seagate HDs and they are my preferred brand. I must admit, however, that I don't fully trust ANY drive and always keep a backup.
Dec 2, 2017 17:20:10 #
When I did this search for the best hard drive a few months ago, Hitachi outranked them all by quite a margin. Things change?
Dec 3, 2017 10:45:37 #
Dec 3, 2017 12:06:18 #
Dec 4, 2017 22:45:46 #
My production computers AND my 16TB (12TB accessible) 4-bay RAID-5 NAS use WD RED HDD designed for NAS/RAID compatibility.
My 9 TB JBOD back-up array as well as my individual HDDs used for rotational backups are the much less expensive WD drives that are NOT specifically designed for NAS or RAID-5 environments - as I only spin them up once per month.
My 9 TB JBOD back-up array as well as my individual HDDs used for rotational backups are the much less expensive WD drives that are NOT specifically designed for NAS or RAID-5 environments - as I only spin them up once per month.
Dec 5, 2017 07:02:43 #
Smokin' Joe wrote:
When I did this search for the best hard drive a few months ago, Hitachi outranked them all by quite a margin. Things change?
You do realize that Hitachi is HGST and that HGST is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WD, right?
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