TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSeagate Sets New Record With 36TB Hard Drive And Teases Upcoming 60TB Modeltechcrawlr.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squareSpacehooks@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThey have had reliability issues in the past.
minus-squareAlternateRoute@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoNearly all brands have produced unreliable and a reliable series of hard drives. Really have to look at them based on series / tech. None of the big spinning rust brands really can be labeled as unreliable across the board
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBackblaze.com gives stats on drive failures across their datacenters: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2024/ Seagate’s results stick out. Most of the drives with >2% failure rates are theirs. They even have one model over 11%.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhy would Backblaze use so many Seagate drives if they’re significantly worse? Seagate also has some of the highest Drive Days on that chart. It’s clear Backblaze doesn’t think they’re bad drives for their business.
Why?
They have had reliability issues in the past.
Nearly all brands have produced unreliable and a reliable series of hard drives.
Really have to look at them based on series / tech.
None of the big spinning rust brands really can be labeled as unreliable across the board
Backblaze.com gives stats on drive failures across their datacenters:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2024/
Seagate’s results stick out. Most of the drives with >2% failure rates are theirs. They even have one model over 11%.
Why would Backblaze use so many Seagate drives if they’re significantly worse? Seagate also has some of the highest Drive Days on that chart. It’s clear Backblaze doesn’t think they’re bad drives for their business.