HDD Failure rate
from :hardware.fr

(http://cnbeta.com/articles/134138.htm) chinese .

- Maxtor 1.04% (上次 1.73%)
- WD 1.45% (上次 0.99%)
- Seagate 2.13% (上次 2.58%)
- Samsung 2.47% (上次 1.93%)
- Hitachi 3.39% (上次 0.92%)


1TB model：

- 5.76%: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B
- 5.20%: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C
- 3.68%: Samsung Barracuda 7200.11
- 3.37%: Samsung SpinPoint F1
- 2.51%: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12
- 2.37%: WD Caviar Green WD10EARS
- 2.10%: Seagate Barracuda LP
- 1.57%: Samsung SpinPoint F3
- 1.55%: WD Caviar Green WD10EADS
- 1.35%: WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS
- 1.24%: Maxtor DiamondMax 23

2TB model：

- 9.71%: WD Caviar Black WD2001FASS
- 6.87%: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000
- 4.83%: WD Caviar Green WD20EARS
- 4.35%: Seagate Barracuda LP
- 4.17%: Samsung EcoGreen F3
- 2.90%: WD Caviar Green WD20EADS

Now days hdd quality drop ..

Wow... I continue read the below information. And advice not to buy the following hard disk due to high repair rate.

- 8.62%: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 160 GB
- 4.48%: Samsung SpinPoint F1 1 TB

Gulp... I think i have to rethink my purchase order. :S

This post has been edited by Jet23sky: Feb 7 2011, 05:24 PM

O.T
also never touch Corsair brand ..><

2TB for me is to archive data only lol. Don't think I will get a WD black

hi, offtopic, appreciate if you can share your RAMDISK setup method, many thanks.

^ PCI-e

Nothing special. Just a single drive connect to PCI-e

Good info, really appreciate it.

Good info but do not take the numbers seriously.

What's important is what measures you take to help prolong the life of your harddisk and save your important data.

1. always cool it down
2. use good PSU for stable voltage and power.
3. there are some Do and Don't that you need to follow.

etc etc

For the statistic, you need to take in the sample size as consideration.

If sample size is too small, it can be influenced by outlier number.

I think the quality of today's hardisk is much better than previous generations. They run cooler, quieter and faster. Larger harddisk usually faster because of density of the platters and access times also being minimised.

anyone here knows what HD is inside a Buffalo 2.5inch harddrive? im looking at ministation lite, or ministation.

Hitachi

100% confirm? Coz i saw in other threads, some ppl mentioned its samsung.. hmm.. IMO, Buffalo is a good brand for external hdd, but samsung hdd is not really popular.. why so?

I also saw thread of disassembling buffalo portable harddisk with Samsung hdd inside but it's 3.5 inch drive.

Quick link http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/500gb-buff...able-2-5/212445

Somethings Buffalo use WD HDD

2 of my WD GREEN 1TB starting to have bad sectors
both of them are the First batch of 1TB 64mb cache + Advanced Format Drive. for some reason one of the drive's transfer rate is uber slow(133kbps!) if move a folder contain large amount of files, but moving them one by one seems normal

my other older WD drive(320/500GB) are still strong and healthy

just bought WD BLACK 2TB 2002EAFX... for backup only, f****** expensive

Nvm buy already.

This post has been edited by MrSars: Feb 12 2011, 07:27 PM

what software u all use to check hdd health? im using crystaldiskinfo, it shows two of my hdd is good, however for my external hdd, the status was caution with a yellow warning color on the background, it highlight the reallocated sectors count.. what does that mean? my external will die soon is it?

I just bought an hitachi 1 tb hd since i trust this brand since my first purchase of hitachi 160 gb some time ago. It is durable and long lasting.

My question is did anyone else bought hitachi hd and had any isues ?

^
^HD Sentinel.

Quite a good software I must say

This post has been edited by sakurakinomoto: Feb 13 2011, 09:19 AM