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True enterprise drives ftw - even Seagate usually makes some very reliable ones. They also tend to be a little faster. Some people have complained about noise b

True enterprise drives ftw - even Seagate usually makes some very reliable ones. They also tend to be a little faster. Some people have complained about noise but I have never noticed. They are noticeable much heavier in hand (and supposedly most use dual bearings). Combined with selecting based on Backblazes statistics I have had no HDD failures in years

SirMaster 2y ago
One of these blogs literally told us that enterprise drives were no better. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/enterprise-drive-reliability/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/enterprise-drive-reliability/
- Melatonic 2y ago
  Seems outdated - a lot of the drives in the 2024 statistics are enterprise drives - so they are using them
  - SirMaster 2y ago
    There's no reason not to use them. But the point is they are not really more reliable than non-enterprise drives.
tredre3 2y ago
I'm not sure I follow you, are you really saying that your choice of Seagate was based on Backblaze's statistics? Maybe I'm missing something but aren't they the overall least reliable brand in their tables?
- Melatonic 2y ago
  The drive with the lowest fail rate at the above link looks like it is a Seagate enterprise drive (ST16000NM002J)