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At least in Europe, HGST is much more expensive than Seagate. Almost double the price, usually.
by alanfranz 7y ago
At least in Europe, HGST is much more expensive than Seagate. Almost double the price, usually.
- leokennis 7y agoVery anecdotal evidence, but 3 of the 3 Seagate drives I ever used (all external 2,5” USB 3 HDD’s, in Seagate’s own enclosures) failed within 2 years, under very modest workloads (just used to store video files for my tv to play). Meanwhile all WD’s have been rock solid.
- eps 7y agoFWIW, the consensus on /r/datahoarder seems to be that Seagates should be the absolute last choice for long-term storage.
- antonyh 7y agoSeagate do an 'archive' HDD, but with only a 3-year warranty I wouldn't expect it to work as a long term solution.
- antonyh 7y agoI wonder if that's a characteristic of streaming a single file, consecutive blocks. That's be really strange behaviour though. Perhaps a thermal issue if the TV keeps it powered and spinning all the time? Certainly Xbox seems to keep the disk spinning - I had a WD Ext HDD attached and the light was always flickering even with the console off for whatever reason. Personally I also find Seagate the loudest and 'clickiest' of all the drive brands. I can hear the mechanicals, making me think they will fail, so I trust them less than other brands.
- tfigment 7y agoI have same experience with 5x 3 GB Seagates. None lasted 2 years. Replaced those with Toshiba's and HGST in my Synology and it's been 3+ years without bad sectors. Will never buy Seagate again.