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p.2 #13 · Seagate vs. Western Digital? Looking for drives | |
Actually, hard drives come down to the quality of the manufacturer.
I purchased about 20 Hitachi 1TB drives over the last 2-3 years, and none of them have failed. They all work perfectly, with zero link failures in any of my arrays.
I purchased 7 Western Digital 2TB (Green) drives, which are significantly cooler, and 2 of them arrived DOA. The remaining 5 also generate numerous link failures, and randomly drop out of RAID arrays. I scrapped them. Same story with Seagate and their 1/1.5 TB drives.
I've been dealing with high end storage for years. If you want a reliable, fast drive, buy a couple of Hitachis, put it in a RAID 5 and don't look back.
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