p.1 #2 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
Hey, unless there's specific indications in the reviews that certain drives do not work with your Drobo it's only the matter of preference. 1TB drives proven to be reliable. though you might be careful using "green" drives in RAID, or applications that might require instant or uninterrupted access to the data(stream). Also checkout reviews at newegg.com
p.1 #4 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
Nowadays I use WD. I used to buy Seagate only until I found out it acquired Maxtor. I have a stack of failed Maxtor HDs at home. So now I stay away from Maxtor as far away as possible.
p.1 #5 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
There are more anecdotal, small sample-size stories on HD brands than you can imagine. It reaches the level of mythology... in other words, unless there's a particular model with a bad manufacturing series or design fault (and the companies often release this info)... either should be fine.
p.1 #6 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
No difference between the two or between the majority of the major manufacturers of these drive. They are all manufactured in Japan from the same parts. Just go with the one that is highest rated and most affordable.
p.1 #9 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
Here at work (IT for the City Of Portland) we have had nothing but trouble from the Seagates lately (over 10 failures in the last year) and still none from our Western Digital drives.
I have also had two Seagate failures over the last year at home too.
Western Digital isnt perfect...none are, but they have my trust so far.
p.1 #10 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
I WAS a fan of Seagate until I bought three 500gb SATA drives for a RAID5 configuration.
Two of these drives have failed, one of the origianal drives and one replacement from Seagate! Seagate has a three year waranty for a good reason.
I had to buy a fourth drive for when one fails and needs to go back to Seagate, it's about a 2 week turnaround when one fails, then about 4 hours to rebuild the RAID5.
p.1 #11 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
Same story here, I've got a dead Seagate Barracuda drive sitting on my shelf.
Been using Western Digital since. Specifically I've been using the Western Digital RE3 drives specifically built for RAID applications. The Western Digital RE3 1 TB drive is very fast and very reliable.
p.1 #12 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
Seagate has a slew of firmware problems right now. I would say your safest bet would be to use the WD drives.
just as an FYI I generally find my drives on Pricewatch They have ratings on their resellers. I have purchased from many of the companies several times you just have to watch to see if the item is a refurb or not.
p.1 #13 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
mdude85 wrote:
They are all manufactured in Japan from the same parts. Just go with the one that is highest rated and most affordable.
The Seagate 500GB that I bought two days ago was manufactured in China. And it is replacing a Western Digital that totally destroyed itself one night while the computer was off. Really weird.
There will be problems with any brand of hard drives. Name a brand, and someone will come in this thread and say they have a dead one sitting in a closet. Just back your stuff up regularly
p.1 #14 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
drives are only as good as the last one that failed. Now having said that, I have a DROBO with one 1TB Seagate, one 1TB Hitachi, one 1TB WD Green, and one 750 gig Seagate. My advice, spread the risk around, and just for the sake of paranoia, don't get two drives from the same batch.
p.1 #17 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
So it looks like my speculation about Seagate is not far fetched. Everytime there is a a HD failure, open it up, no surprise, it's a Maxtor. I don't have a bad Seagate yet, because I haven't bought them since I found out about their merger with Maxtor.
p.1 #18 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
You should only get the raid edition versions because it is not recommend to raid the regular versions. I usually buy an extra drive and just store the exact data on the second drive. Its cheaper this way because you don't have to buy a network storage like a drobo.
p.1 #19 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives
mdude85 wrote:
No difference between the two or between the majority of the major manufacturers of these drive. They are all manufactured in Japan from the same parts. Just go with the one that is highest rated and most affordable.
If only they were made in Japan. It seems most have been sourced to China, for better or worse. The last few drives I bought (4 years ago) were enterprise class, which used to be an indicator of better quality or at least more thorough testing. Not sure if that still holds true.
