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Seagate had one horrifically bad, almost guaranteed to fail drive in the sample, the 3TB ST3000DM001. Many many people lost data when they died (according to r
by wiredfool 10y ago
Seagate had one horrifically bad, almost guaranteed to fail drive in the sample, the 3TB ST3000DM001. Many many people lost data when they died (according to reviews @ newegg and amazon).
- rawnlq 10y agoIt is currently the best gb/dollar drive right now at $70 so I was tempted to get it but then saw the backblaze article. People on /r/buildapc don't seem to believe it's a problem though: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/4jkpor/avoid_the_seagate_barracuda_3tb_35_7200rpm/ https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/4jkpor/avoid_the_...
- wiredfool 10y agoWell, they're entitled to their opinion. It's possible that the problem was fixed and that there are new drives with that model number that don't have the bug. I personally wouldn't use one for anything more critical than a door stop. Been there, done that, lost some data.
- jandrese 10y agoYeah, I personally wouldn't buy one at this point. It looks a lot like some sort of design or chronic manufacturing flaw. Seagate's version of the IBM Deathstar.
- quasse 10y agoI had the massive misfortune of building out my first large storage box at home with those drives. Thank god for RAID, because every single one of them and every single warranty replacement has now failed. I bought HGST after that and have not seen a single bad sector.