• SailorMossOP
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    1 year ago

    That’s a good point. According to BackBlaze’s Q1 2023 report Seagate drives have a 2.28% annualized failure rate. Which is quite a bit higher than the next closest comparison HGST which has a 1.1% afr.

    That risk seems worth it to me at this level of discount.

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      1 year ago

      Hey at that price it’s at least not a huge loss if they only last a few years. Best not to keep anything you can’t replace on them anyway.