Finally, a class action lawsuit on Seagate drives which are failing by the bushel. https://www.hbsslaw.com/cases/seagate/pressrelease/seagate-hard-drives-consumers-file-expanded-seagate-class-action-lawsuit
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Seagate ST3000DM001 Class Action Lawsuit
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Someone Somewhere
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I'm still not certain that they are failing 'by the bushel'. Everyone links back to Backblaze, who were using 8x5-rated drives in datacentres.
I'd expect to have seen lots of posts here about people losing data, but it's all been WD MyPassport.
Also, Seagate (along with every drive manufacturer ever) explicitly doesn't warranty your data. If you haven't gotten the message in the last two decades that you need backups, that's you're problem.
Also, anecdotal evidence is going to be pretty worthless. Given the number of those that have been sold (I'd guess in the tens of millions, maybe more), there will be plenty of people that received 2+ dead drives in a row even at <1% failure rates.
I'd expect to have seen lots of posts here about people losing data, but it's all been WD MyPassport.
Also, Seagate (along with every drive manufacturer ever) explicitly doesn't warranty your data. If you haven't gotten the message in the last two decades that you need backups, that's you're problem.
Also, anecdotal evidence is going to be pretty worthless. Given the number of those that have been sold (I'd guess in the tens of millions, maybe more), there will be plenty of people that received 2+ dead drives in a row even at <1% failure rates.
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Well i have to say.
That I have noticed that the 3TB versions of the drives do in fact tend to fail more in relation to the lower capacity 1TB drives Segate produce.
But as you say some WD drives also seem to have a lot of problems, and with portable drives of the 2.5" and 3.5"
Both Seagate and WD drives seem to fail a lot.
But to be honest it`s not always the drive it`s self that is at fault particularly in the case of portable drives in an enclosure, it`s more of a case because they use a bridge board in the enclosure from Sata to a Usb interface board.
That the board fails leading to people thinking it is the drive it`s self at fault.
When the drive is used with the sata interface it has and connected to a system to use the Sata connection without the Sata to usb bridge board it normal works fine.
That I have noticed that the 3TB versions of the drives do in fact tend to fail more in relation to the lower capacity 1TB drives Segate produce.
But as you say some WD drives also seem to have a lot of problems, and with portable drives of the 2.5" and 3.5"
Both Seagate and WD drives seem to fail a lot.
But to be honest it`s not always the drive it`s self that is at fault particularly in the case of portable drives in an enclosure, it`s more of a case because they use a bridge board in the enclosure from Sata to a Usb interface board.
That the board fails leading to people thinking it is the drive it`s self at fault.
When the drive is used with the sata interface it has and connected to a system to use the Sata connection without the Sata to usb bridge board it normal works fine.
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