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I've setup about 3000 seagate drives in 2008 and 2009 (90% are 1TB Barracuda ES2). In the second half of 2009, the quality dropped sharply. The number of disk f
by wazoox 16y ago
I've setup about 3000 seagate drives in 2008 and 2009 (90% are 1TB Barracuda ES2). In the second half of 2009, the quality dropped sharply. The number of disk failures went through the ceiling (from about 1 to 3% per year to 5 to 8% per year) and we switched to Hitachi.
I still don't have enough data to evaluate Hitachi drives reliability. Come back next year :)
- pasbesoin 16y agoInteresting. It is the "click of death" that is one of the more recent incidents to cause me general concern with the brand. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1050374/seagate-barracudas-7200-11-failing http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1050374/seagate-bar... http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/352816/seagate-hard-disks-suffer-from-click-of-death http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/352816/seagate-hard-disks-suffer...