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What brand fails the least?

September 1st, 2010, 16:11

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.

Re: What brand fails the least?

September 1st, 2010, 16:31

mocarob wrote:which fails the least?

The one you have a full backup of

Re: What brand fails the least?

September 1st, 2010, 17:51

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"

Re: What brand fails the least?

September 1st, 2010, 17:53

fzabkar wrote: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"


thanks for the help!
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