I don’t understand the point you’re making when it also says in your quote that Seagate 6TB has a 0% failure rate. The 4TB models were an outlier. Modern 10+ TB Seagates have failure rates that are comparable to the rest. HGST is a bit better than them all.

I pay attention to the Backblaze stats, and both WD and Seagate have stinkers once in a while. I just don’t get HDD fanboyism. They’re all mechanical, they all can fail. Mitigate this with RAID and 3-2-1 backups. There’s no magic perfectly reliable HDD. Always plan on them failing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Again, this is simply the latest stats, year after year, after year Seagate drives are the least reliable compared with other brands.

[–] deranger 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

From your own link:

At the end of the day, it’s still difficult to figure out which manufacturer to trust.

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Luckily, unless you’re actually in the business of data storage, these tiny percentage differences won’t make that big of a difference for you.

As I said, no significant difference. Guess who is in the business of data storage and uses a shit load of Seagate drives? Backblaze.