Storage Solutions Failure rates for 15 HDDs

PoBoy · Jan 21, 2014

http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/

Read entire article.

Hitachi does really well. There is an initial die-off of Western Digital drives, and then they are nice and stable. The Seagate drives start strong, but die off at a consistently higher rate, with a burst of deaths near the 20-month mark.
Having said that, youâ€™ll notice that even after 3 years, by far most of the drives are still operating.

cisco_tech · Jan 22, 2014

Hitachi makes indeed best hdd. My 4 year old Hitachi 80 GB drive still working fine 24x7 as my primary drive.

PoBoy · Jan 22, 2014

^ I have a Hitachi 80GB PATA that's about 10 years old, works OK. But then again, I have two Seagates 20GB that are older than that ! They have some sort of black rubber sleeve.

axis.meister · Jan 22, 2014

Nice find, and thanks for sharing it here. Are Hitachi Desktop HDDs (internal and external) even sold anymore in India? On Flipkart I could only find Laptop internal HDDs and portable USB HDDs by Hitachi. Nothing in 3.5" FF

nishthecooldude · Jan 22, 2014

axis.meister said:
Nice find, and thanks for sharing it here. Are Hitachi Desktop HDDs (internal and external) even sold anymore in India? On Flipkart I could only find Laptop internal HDDs and portable USB HDDs by Hitachi. Nothing in 3.5" FF

Yes they were not in the market for few years but now they are available..I also bought one 1tb laptop internal last Month... Also they are giving 3yrs onsite warranty for internal drives

blackperl · Jan 31, 2014

yup they are into market and one of the best drive ! i m using hitachi 2TB internal without any problem

sasikanth8 · Jan 31, 2014

Hitachiâ€™s 2.5â€³ hard drive business went to Western Digital, while the 3.5â€³ hard drive business went to Toshiba.

I dont think Toshiba can keep up with competition.

blackperl · Jan 31, 2014

i m using toshiba drive made by Hitachi and its just perfect but hard to get these drive for 2 tb and above

harshit143 · Jan 31, 2014

I have a samsung's 20GB HDD, working completely fine since 2000

sachin_bankar · Feb 25, 2014

Hitachi hdd still available in india ?

blackperl · Feb 25, 2014

its toshiba -hitachi drives
http://www.theitdepot.com/search.html?keywords=toshiba&searchcategory=12&Search=

mrnikhilsudo · Feb 25, 2014

nishthecooldude said:
Yes they were not in the market for few years but now they are available..I also bought one 1tb laptop internal last Month... Also they are giving 3yrs onsite warranty for internal drives

sounds good.