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mocarob

Post subject: What brand fails the least?

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 16:11

Joined: September 26th, 2008, 16:42
Posts: 18

Out of the consumer versions of Samsung, Hitachi, WD, Seagate etc..... How is one to know which fails the least?
Looking at 1tb Samsung right now. Samsung HD103SJ
Choosing it over seagate & WD.

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drc

Post subject: Re: What brand fails the least?

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 16:31

Joined: August 12th, 2008, 13:11
Posts: 3235
Location: USA

mocarob wrote:

which fails the least?

The one you have a full backup of

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You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.

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fzabkar

Post subject: Re: What brand fails the least?

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 17:51

Joined: September 8th, 2009, 18:21
Posts: 16960
Location: Australia

Current disk failure stats from Russia:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys ... d90d4d6cb4

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hdd ... ,2681.html
http://www.storelab.ru/sravnenie-nadezhnosti-hdd.htm

"Executive summary:
Seagate: stay away, WD: so-so, Hitachi: best by a fair margin"

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mocarob

Post subject: Re: What brand fails the least?

Posted: September 1st, 2010, 17:53

Joined: September 26th, 2008, 16:42
Posts: 18

fzabkar wrote:

thanks for the help!

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