So it is my understanding that (mechanical) hard drives have begun to suck in wake of the SSD era. I am looking for some drives that are reliable. I don't care about speed. Just typical SATA drives that I can use to store my life on. I have too much data for DVD's. It's still too expensive for Blu-ray's. I need at least 1TB that I can mirror to another 1TB drive. Any recommendations?
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Reliable hard drives
- Thread starter Eiolon
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no seagates. Hitachi or WD but Hitachi preferred. Seagate issues include firmware issues + weird clicking noises.
Personally - dead seagate 750gb due to firmware issue and clicking noise 2TB x 2. Whereas WDs and Hitachi still going strong almost 5 years
Both used for same purpose
Personally - dead seagate 750gb due to firmware issue and clicking noise 2TB x 2. Whereas WDs and Hitachi still going strong almost 5 years
Both used for same purpose
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WD Blue and RE4 drives are great, the Green and Black drives have very high failure rates.
If you want a rock-solid HDD, you need to stay away from desktop-class drives and go with nearline-class or low-power-server-class drives.
WD RE4 and Seagate Constellation ES are nearline-class.
WD Raptors are low-end-server-class.
I have used many RE4 drives in the past and all are still going strong to this day.
I am also currently using two Constellation ES drives (see sig) and they are solid.
If they were from pre-2011, I have to say I'm sorry for your loss, but I'm not surprised.
Pre-2011 Seagates have been pretty terrible and I have seen literally hundreds of them fail in countless systems, not counting online-class drives like their Cheetah line, which were always rock solid, but expensive.
Also, I do agree with you on WD, but only for their Blue and RE4 drives.
Their Green and Black drives have just had too many issues post-2010, and normally the issues stem from the 1.5-3TB range; sub-1TB have all been great.
If you want a rock-solid HDD, you need to stay away from desktop-class drives and go with nearline-class or low-power-server-class drives.
WD RE4 and Seagate Constellation ES are nearline-class.
WD Raptors are low-end-server-class.
I have used many RE4 drives in the past and all are still going strong to this day.
I am also currently using two Constellation ES drives (see sig) and they are solid.
What model were your Seagates?
If they were from pre-2011, I have to say I'm sorry for your loss, but I'm not surprised.
Pre-2011 Seagates have been pretty terrible and I have seen literally hundreds of them fail in countless systems, not counting online-class drives like their Cheetah line, which were always rock solid, but expensive.
Also, I do agree with you on WD, but only for their Blue and RE4 drives.
Their Green and Black drives have just had too many issues post-2010, and normally the issues stem from the 1.5-3TB range; sub-1TB have all been great.