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Seagate 3TB HDDs has huge Failure rates
Check this report from backup service Backblaze out. They outed a report of their hard drive failure rates, it was done with a very respectable 25,000 hard disk drives. The chart shows a failure rate for all tested HDDs, and check out the SeaGate 3TB .. topping a failure rate of 40%
the Barracuda 7200.14 3TB is failing at incredible rates over at Backblaze's datacenter. This doesn't mean all Seagate HDDs are bad though, the newer Desktop HDD.15 4TB had a failure rate of only 2.5 percent across a sample of 12,000 units. The vast majority of the 3TB Seagate failures are tied to a single model: the Barracuda 7200.14. That drive's annual failure rate jumped from under 10% at the end of 2013 to over 40% a year later. There's no indication of why those 'cudas are failing at a dramatically higher rate, but the sample size is pretty big. Backblaze has over 1,100 examples with an average age of 2.2 years.
Although the 3TB contenders from HGST and WD also suffered higher failure rates over the past year, the overall percentages are much lower—especially for HGST. Drives from that manufacturer, which is owned by Western Digital, continue to be the most reliable in Backblaze's storage pods.
Updated reliability stats on 17 different drives are available in the full report, which is worth reading. Updated with Q3 2015 results:
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#4997066 Posted on: 01/22/2015 10:38 AM
Took liberty and checked one of our stores which has statistics for defects:
ST3000DM001 - 5.4% defect rate.
ST3000VX000 - 5.2% defect rate.
Those are older made from 2011, but one has to have enough samples and enough time to see what's going on.
Took liberty and checked one of our stores which has statistics for defects:
ST3000DM001 - 5.4% defect rate.
ST3000VX000 - 5.2% defect rate.
Those are older made from 2011, but one has to have enough samples and enough time to see what's going on.
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#4997072 Posted on: 01/22/2015 10:53 AM
i have 1 in my media server. however it is backed up onto an identical drive which is left unconnected
i have 1 in my media server. however it is backed up onto an identical drive which is left unconnected
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#4997076 Posted on: 01/22/2015 11:12 AM
This is why I never considered to buy Seagate, I always go with Western one, so far never fails me once even old HDD 5 years passed.
This is why I never considered to buy Seagate, I always go with Western one, so far never fails me once even old HDD 5 years passed.
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#4997077 Posted on: 01/22/2015 11:14 AM
I wouldn't worry about it, these 'failure rates' are based on stress testing that the average home user will never put their hard drives through.
damn I have 2 of those in my Synology NAS. They work quite well for almost 2 years. Hope it will not fail on me... 
I wouldn't worry about it, these 'failure rates' are based on stress testing that the average home user will never put their hard drives through.
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#4997084 Posted on: 01/22/2015 11:35 AM
Interesting-
I have a Seagate 3TB drive for over 2 years now (or was it more i can't remember when i got it) and never had a problem with it. However a WD 2TB drive did fail on me after a year so yeah, who's paying for this analysis?
Interesting-
I have a Seagate 3TB drive for over 2 years now (or was it more i can't remember when i got it) and never had a problem with it. However a WD 2TB drive did fail on me after a year so yeah, who's paying for this analysis?
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#4997092 Posted on: 01/22/2015 11:59 AM
Why People still buy seasuck after a long history of screwing the customer, I don't understand.
Why People still buy seasuck after a long history of screwing the customer, I don't understand.
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#4997095 Posted on: 01/22/2015 12:01 PM
Interesting-
I have a Seagate 3TB drive for over 2 years now (or was it more i can't remember when i got it) and never had a problem with it. However a WD 2TB drive did fail on me after a year so yeah, who's paying for this analysis?
Beats me, I have WD 80GB black PATA from 2003, and its still kicking.
Interesting-
I have a Seagate 3TB drive for over 2 years now (or was it more i can't remember when i got it) and never had a problem with it. However a WD 2TB drive did fail on me after a year so yeah, who's paying for this analysis?
Beats me, I have WD 80GB black PATA from 2003, and its still kicking.
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#4997097 Posted on: 01/22/2015 12:04 PM
Rates aren't that super bad, still there is reason why I have only WD HDDs.
Rates aren't that super bad, still there is reason why I have only WD HDDs.
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#4997137 Posted on: 01/22/2015 01:06 PM
As far as I remember I've only ever had 1 hdd fail on me & it was many years ago, I still have hdd's from 20 years ago WD's, WD Raptors, Seagates, old scsi drives ,even old 500MB & 1GB drives that still work, I was looking through them a couple of weeks ago lol how did we ever manage with those monsters. I do have a 3TB Seagate I bought for storage a year ago when I built my current rig & hope it doesn't fail would be a nightmare !.
As far as I remember I've only ever had 1 hdd fail on me & it was many years ago, I still have hdd's from 20 years ago WD's, WD Raptors, Seagates, old scsi drives ,even old 500MB & 1GB drives that still work, I was looking through them a couple of weeks ago lol how did we ever manage with those monsters. I do have a 3TB Seagate I bought for storage a year ago when I built my current rig & hope it doesn't fail would be a nightmare !.
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#4997145 Posted on: 01/22/2015 01:34 PM
SSD's are the future. Forget those clunky dying 3TB HDDs
SSD's are the future. Forget those clunky dying 3TB HDDs
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#4997165 Posted on: 01/22/2015 02:33 PM
I ordered one of those drive last year and it was dead. Returned it and it was still dead, it wouldn't even spin. I will stick with WD from now on, has I didn't have a bad experience with them yet.
I ordered one of those drive last year and it was dead. Returned it and it was still dead, it wouldn't even spin. I will stick with WD from now on, has I didn't have a bad experience with them yet.
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#4997184 Posted on: 01/22/2015 03:01 PM
Every WD drive I have ever bought since 2001 is still working which is why I won't ever buy another brand of HDD.
Every WD drive I have ever bought since 2001 is still working which is why I won't ever buy another brand of HDD.
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#4997212 Posted on: 01/22/2015 03:25 PM
My 3TB seagate died after 6 months. I don't know what brand is best.
My 3TB seagate died after 6 months. I don't know what brand is best.
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#4997295 Posted on: 01/22/2015 04:24 PM
Now Samsung is gone out of the Mechanical Drive market, i suggest Western Digital.
My 3TB seagate died after 6 months. I don't know what brand is best.
Now Samsung is gone out of the Mechanical Drive market, i suggest Western Digital.
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damn I have 2 of those in my Synology NAS. They work quite well for almost 2 years. Hope it will not fail on me...