Whenever possible I always check Backblaze's reports on hard drive reliability before purchasing one. Not all models are included, only the ones they use as a company, but so far as I know it is the only large scale reporting of drive reliability that exists.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-stats-q2-2017/ - Dan On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm looking for big hard drives for disk-to-disk backup. > > I want reliability; speed and access time less important. > > 5400 RPM is probably more reliable than 7200 RPM. > > > > I used to buy large hard drives from local merchants; > > with Enu and Pacific Micro gone, I know of no good local > > options. Iguana has hard drives, but nothing over 4TB, > > no high-reliability disks. So, Amazon or Newegg or ? > > > > > I would comment that the angst about buying from local merchants is > unnecessary. If you feel bad about buying from Amazon or Newegg or buying > in Corvallis instead of buying in Portland then just take the money you > have saved and donate it to a local business or charity. They probably > don't make as much money per item as Amazon or Newegg so they will be > better off than if you had bought from them directly. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
