Which Hard drive is the most reliable contra price and what is the best way to transfer data between two computers??

dynamitetalks · Apr 4, 2015

Hey

So all my hdd is full and Im looking for a new hardisk..

But since I've destroyed 4 external hard drives in the past I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna have it installed internal and use it as a backup and extra space.

Im looking for 2tb or 3 tb.

But which hard drive is the most reliable since I only have had bad luck a couple of times and the rest has been my own fault.
Im not buying Western digital unless they've change significantly over the last few years.

also which is the best way to transferring data between a laptop and a workstation? a cross-over cable?

I appreciate any help and looking forward to your suggestion, thanks in advance

Best regaards

warhead0 · Apr 4, 2015

It's hard to say what brand is most reliable, I guess you can go by warranty length.

Also a green drive spinning at a lower RPM would probably work for more hours than higher speed drives.

As for transferring data, If you are on a private network (both computers in your own home) you could transfer across files over a network connection with your router for high speed, depending on how fast your router is. (connecting both PC's via Ethernet would be ideal)

Darkbreeze · Apr 4, 2015

I just transfer between computers over my home Ethernet network most times. It's a little slower than a direct connection, in some cases, but it works fine and if you're not in a great hurry at least you don't need to buy any additional hardware to do so. As long as you have a router and both have either Ethernet or wireless connections through the router you can configure them to share files and transfer them that way using windows explorer. Setting up a homegroup is probably the least complicated way.

As far as the drives go, the HD black drives are as reliable as any other. I've actually not had many, if any, issues with the budget Caviar blue or Seagate drives either. Going by the Backblaze data the Hitachi drives are the most reliable but those results are highly suspect considering the methodology involved.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/198154-2014-hard-drive-failure-rates-point-to-clear-winners-and-losers-but-is-the-data-good

In reality, you probably have the same expectations with any of those three companies and the same probability of failure. Sometimes it happens. Three times is awful. Perhaps there is another issue involved. You would know that better than I.

I'd suggest this which is my favorite go to drive for your criteria:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $114.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-04 02:41 EDT-0400

Contrary to the advice of warhead, no offense to warhead, I avoid the WD green and red drives for this type of use due to their power saving features which cause them to be inherently slow.

dynamitetalks · Apr 6, 2015

Thanks for the advice and suggestions.

I use my workstation a lot for 3d modeling, and I just read about the WD Black 3.5" seems like they recommend it for videoediting etc. so I guess I'll go with it since it also has a 5 year warranty period.

Darkbreeze · Apr 6, 2015

Hi Dynamite, sounds like a good idea. I trust the Black series drives as much as I trust any drive, which isn't that much, but you have to trust something and I've had a lot of success with them so far. Good luck.

dynamitetalks · Apr 6, 2015

Darkbreeze :

haha I appreciate your honesty even through it does not remove my anxiety for feeling my work is safe. But I do also have two SSD drive's in my Workstation so I don't think I will lose any thing highly important.

Btw I go with the 3tb hard drive. it's seem to be the one you get most out of from your money at the moment

Darkbreeze · Apr 6, 2015

I don't know if that's the best option. According to the Backblaze data, 3TB drives seem to have much higher failure rates than either 2, 4 or 6 TB drives. Of course, that data may be somewhat subjective as well, but it's based off an awful lot of data. Going strictly off the failure data, it would seem that either 2 or 4GB drives are the way to go.

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