reliable 2TB+ drives

[MorganO]

my current failing drive is a SEAGATE constellation 1tb from a HP PROLIANT server

current speeds from said drive are sequential 131MB/s read and sequential 127MB/s write with random read at 157 (IOPS) and 261 random write(IOPS) looking for a drive a drive faster than this.

 

needs to be FAST as possible whilst having a good warranty and reliable

 

used for games, 1080p films, yt recordings

[jools]

hgst

[Electronics Wizardy]

Most drives are about the same. 

 

How much do you want to spend.

 

Id probably get somethign like a wd red 4tb, or a cheap toshiba 2tb for cheap and run in raid. You can also get a segate 4tb, there about the same. 

[knightslugger]

1 minute ago, jools said:

hgst

aka Western Digital

 

i suggest a 7200RPM WD Black.

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

I don't really trust any drives unless its WD or Seagate. 

 

The Seagate Barracuda are pretty reliable and go all the way up to 6TB

 

THe WD Blue/Black/Red are great drives that also go up to 6TB

[jools]

ah but built in japan not by americans who also build wd which are just one step up from seagate

[jools]

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/hgst-hard-disks-still-super-reliable-seagates-have-greatly-improved/

this is why wd bought hgst

 

[Enderman]

WD gold.

Or maybe you should give a budget?

[jools]

hgst gold

 

[MorganO]

budget about ~£100 since the wd red 3tb is around that price

[MorganO]

8 minutes ago, jools said:

hgst

 

7 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Most drives are about the same. 

 

How much do you want to spend.

 

Id probably get somethign like a wd red 4tb, or a cheap toshiba 2tb for cheap and run in raid. You can also get a segate 4tb, there about the same. 

 

7 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

aka Western Digital

 

i suggest a 7200RPM WD Black.

 

6 minutes ago, TheAmazingCookieFromSquare said:

I don't really trust any drives unless its WD or Seagate. 

 

The Seagate Barracuda are pretty reliable and go all the way up to 6TB

 

THe WD Blue/Black/Red are great drives that also go up to 6TB

 

2 minutes ago, Enderman said:

WD gold.

Or maybe you should give a budget?

about ~£100 since thats a similar price to a 3tb WD RED 

[jools]

did anyone read these reliability charts.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q2-2015/

[MorganO]

1 minute ago, jools said:

did anyone read these reliability charts.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q2-2015/

makes no sense to what so ever

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

about ~£100 since thats a similar price to a 3tb WD RED 

Then get a WD red??

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, jools said:

did anyone read these reliability charts.

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q2-2015/

There is a problem with that data, there using comsumer drives in a enterprise enviro.

[jools]

lowest failure rate is best reliability

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

 

 

 

 

about ~£100 since thats a similar price to a 3tb WD RED 

Just get a wd red then. A segate 4tb would also be fine. 

 

If it fails, just replace the drive and rebuild the raid or restore the backup.

[MorganO]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Just get a wd red then. A segate 4tb would also be fine. 

 

If it fails, just replace the drive and rebuild the raid or restore the backup.

i dont have loads of money to throw around on HDDS  which seagate 4TB drive series do you recommend?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

i dont have loads of money to throw around on HDDS  which seagate 4TB drive series do you recommend?

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-SATA-3-5-Inch-Desktop-ST4000DM000/dp/B00B99JU4S

 

Then make sure you have a backup, and drive failure doesn't matter.

[jools]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

There is a problem with that data, there using comsumer drives in a enterprise enviro.

pearls before swine

[knightslugger]

1 hour ago, jools said:

lowest failure rate is best reliability

 

1 hour ago, jools said:

pearls before swine

45 WD drives RMA'd vs 11,832 HGST in the 4TB category.

 

clearly HGST is the way to go.

[jools]

1.75% WD drives RMA'd vs 1.25% HGST in the 4TB category.

 

clearly HGST is the way to go.

 

just stats