Whichever is cheaper la i would say. WD Green had reliability issues in the past due to its head parking feature but the 2014 models onwards apparently are much better. Seagate HDD has had bad rep for larger drives but as of late 2014 and early 2015, is a bit better in reliability.

My advise, either one, but look at the model number and make sure it is released after 2014.

Oh this might be of interest:

Backblaze report

Okay, please just stop using Backblaze as a credible source for reliability checks.

Oh why is that?

There has already been a lot of myths debunked on Backblaze's results. Just google them up.

The short version is, they use consumer HDDs in an enterprise environment. The HDDs are never off and are always running at maximum speed, they are never idle. If Seagate drives are so bad, then why does Backblaze keep using them? Because they are the cheapest. Just compare the other drives from WD and HGST, why so little units from them? That skews the chart entirely.

Sure their argument is that if the consumer HDDs can withstand their stressful environment, then it'll be of zero issues in a standard home usage. They also argue that Seagate drives fail but a similar drive from WD and HGST does not, that's their conclusion.

So WHY then do they NOT switch their entire cloud system to WD?! Why the HUGE disparity between units on HGST and WD in comparison to Seagate? Why then, don't they EVER use the same amount of units in the exact same stress test situation for all drives in their chart across the same platform? They never answered any of this, they just snuck their tail in between their legs and hope people forget until their next "annual" HDD failure report.

hmm..i think i will skip wd cloud and buy the normal hdd as backup drive...

u mean the manufacturing date that write year 2014? if write 2013 in manu date dun buy?

+1 truth

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 16 2017, 01:49 PM

Those questions actually make sense; i tried reading up and their reason is something about number of drives per number of racks; I couldn't quite understand the explanation/excuse.

That being said, I'm still pretty happy so far with my WD Blue and green. Had one Seagate drive and it died on me; my fault though coz i umm dropped it when building a pc....

Hey, any shop recommended in lowyat plaza to check harddisk condition. Currently i hav a WD element which did not appear when i plug in...

wonder my sata 2 asus H61m-mobo can support till 3TB or not....

I have several drives from different brands, and all of them have lemon units.

Still, there's no such thing as a reliable HDD brand - backup is all you need to combat against drive failures.

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Feb 17 2015, 10:40 PM

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Jul 16 2017, 01:51 PM

u can try at viewnet

Have you tried with different PC? Or Cables?

Is seagate archive 8TB hard disk really worth it? I'm just afraid that it's for archiving purposes in enterprise environment, and might not be ideal for archiving all my movies and series...

Hi, thnx for the reply! Anyway, I have tried all the mention above. Theres light blinking when i plug it in and it does vibrates plus a clicking sound i suspect is ther is a problem wif the write head....

Err...help? is it dying? can it be fixed?

I have a problem with my WD 3TB internal hdd

I'm getting the i/o error. Hd tune pro was fine. Only got CRC Error count.
I was able to read the data but cannot write.
Its out of warranty btw.

I tried search google but most of them either end up warranty or unsolved.

Any pro sifus here got solution for this ?

Thanks

hi. may I know is there anyone try putting a WD RED 3tb into Hotway 3.5" USB3.0 K32-SU3 external enclosure? I've tried the combination in lowyat(the technician there help me to assemble) but it only manage to detect 2tb..the technician have no idea what to do... luckily can refund.. then i contact the Hotway support and he told me need to change the GPT format... but I am skeptical to go buy and test it myself.. especially the drive is for my Athlon X2 PC usage... thank you for your replies...