Edit: I’ve asked the seller if there is a custom firmware that makes the drive unusable and it answered me saying that they work with any SAS HBA controller. They have worked 1863h and written 130TB (he showed me 4 screenshots of 4 tests of 4 drives)
All my WD drives died, while all my Seagate drives are in perfect working order.
Bought 2 WD hdds new, used them for about 4 years in RAID for daily borg backups, one died, the other got very slow with tons of smart errors.
Bought 2 Seagate hdds new, same usecase, same capacity, have been running for over 5 years now.
Personal anecdotes are not a reliable factor for manufacturer quality.
To quote some statistics:
In general, Seagate drives are less expensive and their failure rates are typically higher in our environment. But, their failure rates are typically not high enough to make them less cost effective over their lifetime.
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NetApp makes storage devices, just like Dell’s DataDomain.
Looks like the ad is referring to a ST6000NM0034, a drive from Seagate. Personally, I like to stay away from that brand as far as possible.
Have had good experiences with WD.
It’s funny how it is the exact opposite for me.
All my WD drives died, while all my Seagate drives are in perfect working order.
Bought 2 WD hdds new, used them for about 4 years in RAID for daily borg backups, one died, the other got very slow with tons of smart errors.
Bought 2 Seagate hdds new, same usecase, same capacity, have been running for over 5 years now.
Personal anecdotes are not a reliable factor for manufacturer quality.
To quote some statistics:
Source: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2022/