Backblaze HDD Reliability Report: Insights on Failure Rates and Lifespan
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heffeque
Zero surprises in respect to Sh¡*gate.
What I didn't expect was for WD to have better numbers than HGST.
Impressive.
Marky Mark
Unfortunately I bought a dozen of those ST12000NM0007 drives. They were a major headache for the first two years with drives dropping like flies, but at least they were replaced under warranty and I'm running RAID 6 in my server. I've since been using Exos drives and have yet to lose one.
kaendd
If WD reliability is so good, it's because those WD drives are actually HGST drives (only the Ultrastar lineup). WD has bought HGST and still sell their HDDs under WD brand as Ultrastar. And i can confirm on my side they are very reliable, i've about 10 drives (HGST and WD Ultrastar from 8 to 22To) and i didn't have any problems with them yet. The other WD lineups are probably not as reliable as Ultrastar.
I've had a lot of problems with seagate before, now i only buy WD Ultrastar.
Raserian
Something to note is that those drives are used in data centers where they undergo way way heavier loads than what is typical for average computer user. Drives in most computers just sit idle 99% of the time. So the reliability report looks shocking that one hard disk dies just after 2 years of use, but if same hard disk is used in an office computer, it will for sure last much longer. Nevertheless backup is always important thing to do. As your computer or your drives maybe damaged by other things other than just wear and age.
barbacot
I bought three 8 TB Seagate drives last year- two for a NAS and one for a mobile storage solution and two of them are with problems after 6 months: one of them even if working normally with no SMART alerts it started to make a rhythmic clunk noise and I don't trust it anymore and the other just died - and I always valued seagate as more reliable than WD...- btw those were ironwolf nas drives
Glottiz
HDD? I'm sorry but what year is this? 😀
I have 11TB of SSD storage in my PC. My work laptop is SSD. My grannys cheapo Ryzen laptop is SSD.
Talking about HDD in 2023 is like those weirdos who talk about vinyl records.
heffeque
Yeah, not everyone has as much disposable income as you. No need to brag.
Glottiz
Nonsense. Go look at SSD prices. Can get 4TB one for €200. 2TB for under €100. Even entry laptops now come with SSD, as I already mentioned. I realize that HDD is still somewhat relevant in server space, but not for end users and not even for workstations or work computers. Buying HDD in 2023 is like setting your money on fire. Yes, they are STILL cheaper than SSD, but they are also slow legacy tech. It's like saying "oh wow horse carriage is cheaper than a car, I rather save a few bucks".
heffeque
Just bought a 6 TB WD Purple for my NAS for 140 €.
Tell me where I can buy 6-8 TB SSD drives for that price and I'll buy them today!
Secondly, I don't need faster drives in my NAS. SSD caching on Synology does the trick wonderfully for me (DSM 7.1 on DS918+).
I'd be buying SSD exclusively for the silence.
Corrupt^
Once you go past 2-4TB SSD prices become bonkers.
I like to store all my media on a NAS. 48TB in RAID10, if I want to do that with SSD's... fml that would've tripled or quadrupled the cost of the drives :x
Glottiz
It will be much cheaper if you cure your sickness to hoard every pirated movie and tv show. 😉
heffeque
Yeah, it's none of your business what we do with our drives 😉
RealNC
This used to be the case, but not anymore. At least under Windows. The drive is being written to by Windows constantly (at about 30 to 50 kB/s.) It gets worse if you leave Firefox open, which writes like a MB per second constantly, even when doing absolutely nothing and sitting on a static page.
Raserian
Do you have any idea what kind of files are written by idle browsers or the OS?
RealNC
Telemetry and logging for sure. Firefox also constantly writes session resume data even when nothing is happening.
Glottiz
Wow you are so mysterious. As if it's not super obvious home NAS is used for 99% pirated content. I was just stating the obvious, not getting into your business. Feel free to keep buying dated tech (hard drives) and wasting electricity with your 50TB of pirated movies which you'll never have time to watch again.
Venix
Prepare to be triggered! In my job for cold storage backup of all the company's vm logs we use ....TAPES ! And before you faint , no I have no saying on it ! So I will keep like once per few months or so removing tapes from the magazine and adding new ones !
heffeque
Don't mind if I do. You really seem to have deep knowledge of my needs and priorities. Next time I have to buy storage I'll be sure to ask you first so that you can decide what I should and shouldn't store, and should and shouldn't buy. You know best!
heffeque
If it pays to go that route... why not? It's part of the "2" in the 3-2-1-1-0 backup rule.
TLD LARS
A WD gold 8TB is cheaper then the cheapest 4TB piece of crap SSDs on the marked here.
I bought 2X 10TB WD gold for mirror raid, if going for SSDs I would need 4X or 6X 4 TB drives and a raid controller, because the main board does not have enough Sata or PCI to run them all and the raid setup and maintenance would be a nightmare if something goes wrong.
Even when buying the cheapest available the extra cost for the cheapest SSDs would be the same as a new 7800X3D.
Look who is talking about setting money on fire.
