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Egnever

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6. Most of the things I have read say HGST are most reliable

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 04:21 PM

Dec 2017

I used to buy only Seagate but have a few WD as well.

I don't think I have ever had a Seagate outright fail on me.

That said this site has data for thousands of drives from the big manufacturers.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/

Looks like HGST drives fair best with WD pulling up the rear. That said different sized drives seem to have different failure rates.

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Western Digital or Seagate? [View all] SHRED Dec 2017 OP

I haven't bought WD in years.... SouthernLiberal Dec 2017 #1

I like this seagate $85 discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2017 #2

I have tons, both brands teach1st Dec 2017 #3

coin toss. Afromania Dec 2017 #4

I have one ancient Seagate and two WD external drives and they all work fine... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #5

Most of the things I have read say HGST are most reliable Egnever Dec 2017 #6