More recent q3 2020 hard drive reliability stats: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2020/
-T On Sun, Nov 1, 2020, 14:20 Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
