Long life harddrive?

Gammawolf · 18 Oct 2009 at 23:26

Hi all, i'm looking for a new harddrive about 1tb in size, the only requirements are the capacity and the longest life possible, which can be at the expensive of speed or rpms etc as its only a storage drive. Any recommendations? i was just thinking of a WD green but then again i don't have the slightest clue

cheers for any help

AbsenceJam · 19 Oct 2009 at 00:36

There's no such thing as a drive that lasts longer than others, there are 'enterprise' versions of drives which list higher MTBF's but in reality they're no more reliable than consumer models.

Go for whatever has the price and features you want. I'd suggest the Samsung F2's personally as they're very cheap (under £70 for 1.5TB), perform very well for 5400rpm disks and if there are issues their RMA service is the best.

Fahim · 19 Oct 2009 at 00:45

I would stay away from WD Green. One died withing three weeks of having it.

Samsung F2 would be my choice if not WD RE4-GP.

photoshop · 19 Oct 2009 at 01:30

Fahim,

You living in the future with a "20TB Hard Drive" as listed in your siggy?

Fahim · 20 Oct 2009 at 01:05

photoshop said:
Fahim,

You living in the future with a "20TB Hard Drive" as listed in your siggy?

I do have 20TB HDD, 23.5 If I count the RAIDs.

Luke · 21 Oct 2009 at 15:23

Not really. You have 20TB HDD capacity, not a 20TB HDD. Small but important difference.

Fahim · 22 Oct 2009 at 07:52

emailiscrap said:
Not really. You have 20TB HDD capacity, not a 20TB HDD. Small but important difference.

Yeah, you are right. Just don't wanna use words like "capacity, speed, size" in my sig.

boxman2000 · 22 Oct 2009 at 08:28

Fahim said:
Samsung F2 would be my choice if not WD RE4-GP.

I'd say Samsung F2, then WD

Fahim · 25 Oct 2009 at 23:56

I agree with you...but if you need 2TB, IMO WD RE4-GP should be a better choice than WD20EADS or Hitachi 2TB or Seagate LP right??