“We can conclude that reliability and failure disk rates depend on the disk models and their running environment.”
WD still on top, but Seagate was in second place here.
I’m just a home hobbyist archiver, but while I’m aware of Seagate’s past reputation I think they’re better now. I had 8x8TB IronWolf drives in one NAS before my 2025 upgrade back to Western Digital Red that were exceeding avg lifespan without any prematures. Idk I was pretty impressed since they weren’t operating in ideal circumstances with the DS1819+ OOB. I’ve since fixed the cooling and vibration issues. The IronWolf drives exceeded expected average lifespan and were still working, just houred out.
https://platinumdatarecovery.com/blog/most-reliable-brand
https://smallusefultips.com/which-brand-of-hard-drive-is-most-reliable/#Backblazes_Hard_Drive_Reliability_Study
Take with a grain of salt.
“We can conclude that reliability and failure disk rates depend on the disk models and their running environment.”
WD still on top, but Seagate was in second place here.
I’m just a home hobbyist archiver, but while I’m aware of Seagate’s past reputation I think they’re better now. I had 8x8TB IronWolf drives in one NAS before my 2025 upgrade back to Western Digital Red that were exceeding avg lifespan without any prematures. Idk I was pretty impressed since they weren’t operating in ideal circumstances with the DS1819+ OOB. I’ve since fixed the cooling and vibration issues. The IronWolf drives exceeded expected average lifespan and were still working, just houred out.
Thanks! Will check it out when I am at my PC.
I was also under the impression that these days Seagate was doing better and was only moderately behind WD.