Which is The Most Reliable Hard Drive model

[avecvous9]

Hello everybody,
Every HDD brand has its own advantages and weaknesses
According to your experience, which is The Most Reliable Hard Drive model in terms of:
1-HDD life times
2-the simplicity of data recovery if the hdd becomes corrupted
In other words, if anyone us wants to buy an HDD and save his precious data inside which HDD model would be his best choice.
Best Regards.

[harddrivespecialist]

Simple answer is to make sure you have at least 2 copies of your data.

[data-medics]

HGST and Toshiba are the best
WD is OK
Seagate - run away, run away!

[jermy]

Seagate - run away, run away!

+1

[pcimage]

Seagate - run away, run away!

+1

+2

Latest DM are awful, awful drives.

[avecvous9]

Thanks guys.
concerning Hitachi, are all hitachi drives reliable? because I heart sometimes ago that Hitachi was called the "Death Star".

[pcimage]

Thanks guys.
concerning Hitachi, are all hitachi drives reliable? because I heart sometimes ago that Hitachi was called the "Death Star".

The "Death Star" was an older model, the more modern ones seem to be OK IMHO.

[mr_spokk]

WD Red are pretty good.

[guru]

Seriously Seagate is top of my list of "Craptology"

[fzabkar]

Those "Death Star" were older Desk Star drives with ceramic/glass platters that would crack intro pieces or/and loose the magnetic sibstract leaving only the glass

Looks like a geeky dinner set.

[fzabkar]

2-the simplicity of data recovery if the hdd becomes corrupted
In other words, if anyone us wants to buy an HDD and save his precious data inside which HDD model would be his best choice.

I would refrain from building a RAID with WD drives ... unless you "fix" them first. That's because they don't handle overvoltages well, if at all, and this means that you will have essentially no redundancy in a PSU failure.

Catastrophic failures in Western Digital PCBs:
http://www.hddoracle.com/viewtopic.php? ... 119&p=5033

For example, an overvoltage on the 5V supply will most likely kill the preamp, requiring expensive professional recovery. Other brands will usually just sustain a shorted 5V TVS diode which can simply be removed.

[Keatah]

The most reliable disk is the one that's been backed up.

[MindMergepk]

2-the simplicity of data recovery if the hdd becomes corrupted

i would say, SAMSUNG

[fzabkar]

Seriously Seagate is top of my list of "Craptology"

Seagate acquired Samsung's rotating storage technology. They retained Samsung's 2.5" product line but dumped their 3.5" drives. Why?

[seed.helper]

amazing service here

glad you can disclosure the best drives

( i guess i have been a lucky guy because that even the green edition drives i get 5+ years of service from them

i have an old wd10eacs (1TB green 4 platters) that is constantly powered on on a server and it as 1700+ days of uptime and has a clean smart

now thats quality

[avecvous9]

Thank you guys very much for your replies. its very helpful.
Today I bought 2X HDS721010KLA330

[harddrivespecialist]

Today I bought 2X HDS721010KLA330

That model overheats like crazy. I would stay away from it.

[avecvous9]

I have not way to go back,the HDDs are already bought. Besides, it looks stable just 52°c.

[Tomset]

All manufacturers.
All new drives with terabyte and more plates, with new heads - bullshit.
Seagate, as usual, started the first step on the same rake.

Last edited by Tomset on April 8th, 2015, 13:31, edited 1 time in total.

[avecvous9]

just correcting the mistake:
There is no way to go back,the HDDs are already bought. Besides, it looks stable just 52°c.