Didnt the report reflect that Seagate survived the least, and Hitachi were best (but too expensive), but the only reason there aren't more Western Digital drives is they were sold later.
http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/
Very informative research from actual usage of variety of drives
http://blog.backblaze.com/2013/11/12/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/
Definitely aids in projecting an expected performance life/usage cycle
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:35:35 -0700
From: "Alex @ Call the Ninja" <a...@calltheninja.com>
To: ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com
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We do see much higher "unexpected" failure rates of Seagates in our shop
-- most WD drives we get are very old and were known to be on their last
legs. Backblaze did an analysis of their drives recently (as they use
consumer-level drives) and found Seagate to be much more reliable than
any other brand with Hitachi taking the lead. There was also a similar
analysis done by a russian data recovery company that found the same
results regarding Seagate. One of the issues for consumers is that
Seagate will release multiple models with the same model number making
QA very difficult for consumers.
logo <http://calltheninja.com!@#?>?#@!
Alex Bryan / Senior Technician
310-951-9290/ calltheni...@gmail.com <mailto:a...@calltheninja.com>
Call The Ninja
879 W 190th St FL 4, Torrance, CA 90248
5870 W Jefferson Blvd? Suite E, Los Angeles, CA 90016
http://calltheninja.com
Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/calltheninja!@#?>?#@! Yelp
<http://www.yelp.com/biz/call-the-ninja-computer-repair-gardena!@#?>?#@!
http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/
Very informative research from actual usage of variety of drives
http://blog.backblaze.com/2013/11/12/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/
Definitely aids in projecting an expected performance life/usage cycle
_______________________________________________
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:35:35 -0700
From: "Alex @ Call the Ninja" <a...@calltheninja.com>
To: ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com
logo <http://calltheninja.com!@#?>?#@!
Alex Bryan / Senior Technician
310-951-9290/ calltheni...@gmail.com <mailto:a...@calltheninja.com>
Call The Ninja
879 W 190th St FL 4, Torrance, CA 90248
5870 W Jefferson Blvd? Suite E, Los Angeles, CA 90016
http://calltheninja.com
Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/calltheninja!@#?>?#@! Yelp
<http://www.yelp.com/biz/call-the-ninja-computer-repair-gardena!@#?>?#@!
We do see much higher "unexpected" failure rates of Seagates in our shop
-- most WD drives we get are very old and were known to be on their last
legs. Backblaze did an analysis of their drives recently (as they use
consumer-level drives) and found Seagate to be much more reliable than
any other brand with Hitachi taking the lead. There was also a similar
analysis done by a russian data recovery company that found the same
results regarding Seagate. One of the issues for consumers is that
Seagate will release multiple models with the same model number making
QA very difficult for consumers.
logo <http://calltheninja.com!@#?>?#@!
Alex Bryan / Senior Technician
310-951-9290/ calltheni...@gmail.com <mailto:a...@calltheninja.com>
Call The Ninja
879 W 190th St FL 4, Torrance, CA 90248
5870 W Jefferson Blvd? Suite E, Los Angeles, CA 90016
http://calltheninja.com
Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/calltheninja!@#?>?#@! Yelp
<http://www.yelp.com/biz/call-the-ninja-computer-repair-gardena!@#?>?#@!
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