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Sep 27, 2021 7:41 AM
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expired Posted by f12_26 | Staff • Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021 7:41 AM
Toshiba 14TB Enterprise HDD SATA 6.0Gb/s 512e 7200 RPM 512MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive for $279.99 w/ FS after Code
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HGST -- now a division of Western Digital -- continues to have the most reliable drives, with a cumulative AFR of just 0.47%.
Toshiba comes in second at 0.98%.
Seagate brings up the rear this quarter at 2.05% AFR.
WDC (Western Digital) hard drives aren't in the listing. Backblaze doesn't say so, but I suspect it stopped buying WDC drives because it had, far and away, the highest AFR (almost 4%) at the beginning of last year. It brought in some newer models for testing, so maybe it'll be back in a later quarter's results.
It's reasonable to assume that high-capacity drives, being newer, would be less reliable. But that's not always the case.
HGST AFRs are consistent. The 4TB and 12TB (ALE600) drives have equally low 0.44% AFRs. Its N604 12TB model has a slightly higher AFR at 0.48%.
Seagate has two 12TB drive models, and one has half the AFR of the other. Their 10TB is the most reliable (0.74%) and the 16TB drive its least (3.49%) of all the tested drives.
Toshiba's 4TB drive is one of the most reliable, while its 14TB drive is only slightly less so, and is on a par with the better Seagate 12TB drive at 1.06% AFR.
Without the ability to analyze slightly differing options, we'd really be limited in making purchases which maximize the ROI.
7200 vs 5400:
Do you need/want the extra speed?
Does it justify the extra $$?
Will the 7200 fail sooner?
Does it justify the extra $$?
3 year vs 5 year warranty:
Will either fail sooner than 5 years? If not, moot point.
If so, does it justify the extra $$?
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This seems like a good deal for an additional $80 with 5 year warranty
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