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> We've heavily favored HGST in the past, but lately we've been buying a lot of Seagate drives, mostly because for us their failure rates have dropped, and they
by ValentineC 10y ago
> We've heavily favored HGST in the past, but lately we've been buying a lot of Seagate drives, mostly because for us their failure rates have dropped, and they tend to be more plentifully available and slightly less expensive.
Are you buying bare drives, or shucking them from enclosures?
- atYevP 10y ago> Are you buying bare drives, or shucking them from enclosures? We haven't had to shuck drives since 2012. And we only started doing that because regular drive prices went up so much due to the Thailand flooding. I believe all those drives have now been replaced as well. If you want a good write-up (along with links to past posts) this is a good "Hard Drive Farming" write-up -> https://www.backblaze.com/blog/farming-hard-drives-2-years-and-1m-later/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/farming-hard-drives-2-years-a...