That’s the lowest price we’ve seen yet on any 2TB card.

NGL, I’ve been waiting on this. I don’t trust Seagate, and it took a while for WD to do the 2 TB version.

  • derangerEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I don’t understand the point you’re making when it also says in your quote that Seagate 6TB has a 0% failure rate. The 4TB models were an outlier. Modern 10+ TB Seagates have failure rates that are comparable to the rest. HGST is a bit better than them all.

    I pay attention to the Backblaze stats, and both WD and Seagate have stinkers once in a while. I just don’t get HDD fanboyism. They’re all mechanical, they all can fail. Mitigate this with RAID and 3-2-1 backups. There’s no magic perfectly reliable HDD. Always plan on them failing.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      Again, this is simply the latest stats, year after year, after year Seagate drives are the least reliable compared with other brands.

      • derangerEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        From your own link:

        At the end of the day, it’s still difficult to figure out which manufacturer to trust.

        […]

        Luckily, unless you’re actually in the business of data storage, these tiny percentage differences won’t make that big of a difference for you.

        As I said, no significant difference. Guess who is in the business of data storage and uses a shit load of Seagate drives? Backblaze.