On Sun, Nov 1, 2020, 3:38 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote:

> I want to purchase more backup hard drives:
> 3.5 inch SATA, 6 to 10 TB ( best price per terabyte ),
> 5400 RPM ok, reliability important.
>
> Who makes,  and who sells, reliable "CMR" hard drives
> with a decent (3 to 5 year) full replacement warranty?
> Who should I avoid?
>


Backblaze, a commercial backup company, reports their hard drive failure
rates regularly. Since they have a large sample to learn from I find their
statistics useful.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q2-2020/

Bill
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