[ale] 2017 Backblaze HDD Failure Report

[James Sumners]

I concur. I have two 4TB HGST drives in my HTPC since the 2015 Backblaze
report. Haven't had a single issue. I will definitely be buying more of
them when I'm able.

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Derek Atkins via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> writes:
>
> >> When I looked at the data, I saw that WD-Reds were not so great and the
> >> HTSG 4TB were the best for failures.  There are a number of different
> >> charts in the article. Best to carefully check the captions.
> >
> > The HGST are helium filled drives and cost significantly more than the
> > WDC Reds.  The others that are on the same price point seem to also have
> > the same longevity.
> >
> > One person did the life expectancy calculations for the drives here:
> >
> > https://medium.com/@simonerni/dissecting-backblaze-hard-
> drive-stats-2017-17a90089a2e8
>
> I happen to love HGST drives, and I'm willing to spend a LITTLE more to
> get them.  The 4TB drives are ~$130 each on newegg.  I wish there were
> more data on the HGST 6TB drives, as they are under $200 each and
> currently the best $/TB of the HGST series.
>
> I currently have 6 4G HGST drives in my FreeNAS server (RAIDZ2).  I'm
> due to add new space soon.  ;)
>
> -derek
>
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