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As the title says, which one would be best for the money? They are both at that 100-120$ price range.
3 TB Seagate 7200 RPM HDD or 2 TB Seagate SSHD (Hybrid)?
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Someone Somewhere
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If you want to boot your OS off it, the hybrid drive. If it's just for general storage, probably the 3TB one or a WD Green.
Someone Somewhere
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Those were drives being run 24/7 in a datacentre that were specifically not intended for it. IMHO, it's pretty irrelevant.
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I use it like 8-12 hours a day, not 24/7 so it should probably half the rate or lower it a few, I may go with the hybrid 2 TB due to segate's reliablity with 2 TB drives. I have 1 currently and It is still running smoothly after 4 years. Though it is also the reason why I am going to get a new one due to its failure rate being higher after 4 years
MarkW
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I dont know about you, but my system is online 24/7 here.. but I do not run a data center.
I start noticing how Seagate drives were failing in my systems back in 1985. I went to Maxtor, and quit losing drives. Then in the early 1990s, I started a business, and we were creating custom software for clients, and then installing custom built computers and networks, and training everyone there on how to use the systems. About a year after starting the business, two new clients specifically requested Seagate drives, which up to that point we had not been selling. To get the contracts, I agreed to use Seagate drives for them. A little over a year later, I was looking at the hard drive failure rates, and the Seagates were dying at 2.5 times the other brands. I talked to the management of the two companies, and they agreed to allow us to replace dying drives with other brands. Nearly all of these computers were operating about 12 hours a day. There were hundreds of systems in place, with a dozen or so server boxes. The servers were online 24/7.
And then decades later, BackBlaze shows up. And the exact same problems are happening in their data center that I saw back in the 1990s. And last year, the updated chart, which is the one I posted here, showed most of the failure rates increasing over the course of the year.
So that makes me think this problem has been going on for over 30 years, in various business environments, and Seagate has never resolved the problem.
I start noticing how Seagate drives were failing in my systems back in 1985. I went to Maxtor, and quit losing drives. Then in the early 1990s, I started a business, and we were creating custom software for clients, and then installing custom built computers and networks, and training everyone there on how to use the systems. About a year after starting the business, two new clients specifically requested Seagate drives, which up to that point we had not been selling. To get the contracts, I agreed to use Seagate drives for them. A little over a year later, I was looking at the hard drive failure rates, and the Seagates were dying at 2.5 times the other brands. I talked to the management of the two companies, and they agreed to allow us to replace dying drives with other brands. Nearly all of these computers were operating about 12 hours a day. There were hundreds of systems in place, with a dozen or so server boxes. The servers were online 24/7.
And then decades later, BackBlaze shows up. And the exact same problems are happening in their data center that I saw back in the 1990s. And last year, the updated chart, which is the one I posted here, showed most of the failure rates increasing over the course of the year.
So that makes me think this problem has been going on for over 30 years, in various business environments, and Seagate has never resolved the problem.
dudeman509
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I've never had drives fail as much as Seagate ones, and that, too, goes back to the 90's with a couple 4 TB drives. I actually went through THREE 1 TB SSHD's, and current one actually still has bad sectors.
I have a 3 TB Seagate external that doesn't see a whole lot of use, but it's been fine for the better part of 3-4 years.
Hitachi have hands-down been my best drives (reliable, although they're usually not very speedy), followed by WD/Toshiba in a tie.
I have a 3 TB Seagate external that doesn't see a whole lot of use, but it's been fine for the better part of 3-4 years.
Hitachi have hands-down been my best drives (reliable, although they're usually not very speedy), followed by WD/Toshiba in a tie.
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Well the problem here is hitachi hdd' are extremely expensive, and my sshd options are limited to Seagate and western digital but the WD one is expensive as a hitachi... Though if I were to buy a normal hdd it would be from either WD (red or green) or Seagate. I don't really want to buy ssd's for now due to its prices maybe in the near future when they give bigger space and lower prices. Back blaze has also stated they use seagate's hdd's alot and "recommend" them.
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I am looking for 3 TB or more hdd at around 100-200$ Canadian, or 2 tb sshd at 100-200$ Canadian, I am in Canada that is why my options are restricted. Though it's a hard decision to pick one because almost all disk drive brands have mixed reviews! It's confusing.
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Well I was looking at the 3 TB variant but you are right about 2 TB being cheap, might lean over to that If there is no good 3 TB hdds or 2 TB sshd (I might scrap trying to get sshd due to majority of it from Seagate) though trying to find a 3-4 TB hdd at 100-200$ Canadian is at first priority and if there is nothing I will probably plan to buy the hitachi 2 TB hdd.
dudeman509
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149396&cm_re=3_tb_toshiba-_-22-149-396-_-Product
That one's a great 3 TB drive (it is a rebranded Hitachi).
That one's a great 3 TB drive (it is a rebranded Hitachi).
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Note I am looking through Amazon.ca not Amazon.com because I live in Canada and the price is different here than in the U.S. Or UK
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I found the toshiba 3tb hdd on Amazon as well, don't know how I missed it, but it has amazing reviews! Less mixed, more on the positive side. May get this one, unless someone can bring in something that tops this off in the next days. I'll pick the solution/answer later to see what other people have to offer.
dudeman509
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I've had that same drive for ~4 months and love it. Very quick, runs cool, and while you do hear a little bit of access noise, it's very quiet.
dudeman509
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Along with WD, yes. Toshiba took over the consumer-grade 3.5" drive business; HGST are their enterprise-level drives.
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Sorry if I am not quoting, it seems there is no way of quoting on mobile but I didn't know hgst is hitachi bought by toshiba, good to know. Secondly thank you for showing me its new name, I am sifting through hgst hdd's right now 
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Seems hgst have a lot of HDDs under 1 TB, though I can't quite understand why they are trying to sell a few of those under 1 TB hdds at a 1-2tb hdd price, that's insane.
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Oh I see, I have a very old laptop from like 2003, 250gb hdd... Might switch it with something else since bigger laptop storage space hdd's are cheap nowadays
dudeman509
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HGST's 3.5" drives are enterprise-level drives. Higher durability (supposedly), faster R/W speeds, probably more noisy.
The 1TB and under HGST's are selling at those low-ish prices just because they're older and not in much demand anymore.
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