Hitachi, Seagate or WD, who makes the most reliable hard drive?

jimthenagual · Jan 26, 2014

Just read this article. I never see Hitachi mentioned in build suggestions, should they be?

http://www.techspot.com/news/55399-backblaze-data-shows-hitachi-and-seagate-as-most-and-least-reliable-hard-drives-respectively.html

whitecat · Jan 26, 2014

Seagate is great

jimthenagual · Jan 26, 2014

Not according to the data in this article, in fact, they are by far the worst of the three.

aevm · Jan 26, 2014

Hitachi UltraStar drives are very reliable, but they cost a lot.

Personally, I've been using WD a lot in recent years. Their Green line was bad, but the Black and RE lines worked great for me.

whitecat · Jan 26, 2014

jimthenagual :

.Years ago Hitachi were bad .My Seagate are still working well and quiet.

aevm · Jan 26, 2014

Hitachi sold its hard drive business to WD years ago. I'd expect similar reliablity now between Hitachi and WD. It depends a lot on the drive model, mind you.

donw · Jun 7, 2014

WD is better bet i guess, i had all three brands. Only wd is survived, 3 hitachi and 4 seagate drives failed in my lifetime so far...now i hv decided to only buy WD. i even hv WD Green drive and it wrks without any problem. but WD green is not a good option for desktop coz it is slow compared to WD black...

merlin6r · Sep 2, 2014

donw :

+1

ThatDAMNGuy · Dec 14, 2014

It depends what your hard drive build quality and your motive to use this drive. Also affected is how you use it.

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