> FWIW, I had the same experience with file servers. Seagate comes last > when I have to order the list of manufacturers from which to buy. > Western Digital, it depends on the series---but if a disk is bad, > it is bad from the very beginning (unusable on arrival). I had good > experience with Hitachi perhaps because IIRC they inherited IBM > technology, but also more limited experience with their disks > (more difficult to get here depending on the retailers or the size > of the disk). > > This above represents just my experience with a limited number of disks > (I'm not Google...).
In my case, I only work with : - IBM, now HGST - Fujitsu, now Toshiba. I refuse Seagate, Samsung and other WD in my servers or workstations, and I refuse SMR technology also. Regards, JKB