Also, SMR drives may be fine for basic consumer use, but I wouldn't buy one.
one simply head crashed for no reason whatsoever
I chose the Toshiba, since they seem to have a better reliability rate over WD drives.
What I usually do, is look at BackBlaze's Drive reliability data. I try and find the models i'm interested in, and see what their data is on the drives. It gives a good idea of % failure rates for different models. Only downside is they don't test all models. For lower capacity drives, you'll probably have to go back a good few years, like 2015 has data on 2TB/3TB/4TB drives, where as the latest year has like 8TB/12TB/14TB/16TB or larger.
https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/resources/hard-drive-test-data
The next guy will tell you the opposite, such threads are mostly pointless
Sure there are different manufacturers of hard disk drives, but the quality is pretty much standard across the board
The next guy will tell you the opposite, such threads are mostly pointless
Indeed. It's kind of like people who swear by a particular brand of fuel (Shell, BP, Caltex/Ampol etc...). It means nothing. It all comes from the same place and is all subject to the same quality standards in their respective countries.
Sure there are different manufacturers of hard disk drives, but the quality is pretty much standard across the board (with few exceptions). Buy any reputable brand, with the specs and support you require in your country, and you'll be fine. If a failure was to occur, ensure you have the resources near you to have it swapped out quickly and easily.
The next guy will tell you the opposite, such threads are mostly pointless
Indeed. It's kind of like people who swear by a particular brand of fuel (Shell, BP, Caltex/Ampol etc...). It means nothing. It all comes from the same place and is all subject to the same quality standards in their respective countries.
Sure there are different manufacturers of hard disk drives, but the quality is pretty much standard across the board (with few exceptions). Buy any reputable brand, with the specs and support you require in your country, and you'll be fine. If a failure was to occur, ensure you have the resources near you to have it swapped out quickly and easily.Seagate produced a lot of utter shit sometime around 2010 (7200.11, DiamondMax 22, ES2 and 7200.12 series) that died like cockroaches. Other manufacturers had bad models too but none even close to that extent. In more recent years according to Backblaze statistics Seagate usually stands out in percentage of failures too.
Indeed, which is why I mentioned "with few exceptions".
Indeed, which is why I mentioned "with few exceptions".There are only 3 HDD manufacturers left though and one of them had more problems for more than a decade.
Indeed, which is why I mentioned "with few exceptions".There are only 3 HDD manufacturers left though and one of them had more problems for more than a decade.
The question also is how a brand/company handles issues with their products- do they honor some warranty and try to proactively address problems, or do they try to keep things on a "hush-hush" and sweep issues under a carpet? WD actually is having some issues with Sandisk SSDs, and still sells them in bulk...
In my opinion, if you were REALLY invested in your product, as a company it is your responsibility to get at least the affected products out of your inventory BEFORE selling them to unsuspecting customers and junk them or rework them.
But offloading inventory with known issues to customers in big sales is nothing I like.
For mechanical (slow storage) disks, i have preferred Toshiba or HGST for a loong time.