All manufacturers can and sometimes do make trash drives, and Seagate have a number of specific models that have very low fail rates. That said, they also have a larger number of drives with high failure rates than other manufacturers. Regardless, always research the specific drive model you are considering before purchasing to avoid surprises later.
Why is Seagate a problem in your opinion? I’ve been looking for NAS and it seems I’m still uneducated in that department.
Same reason the next person after them will say the same for WD, the next one Toshiba, the next one Hitachi.
Bad experiences sour your perception of a brand.
Thanks for your comment, fair point!
tbf seagates do have a higher fail rate than the others.
mine is going strong for a decade now, but that doesn’t mean they are reliable as a brand.
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some companies that run datacenters punlish that data
In my case, because I watched that Louis Rossmann video where he said he basically has a business today because of all the failures of Seagate drives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFscU8JUohA
There’s a benchmark, and Seagate is above all other brands on failure rate.
Thanks for the link!
A good resource I’ve found is Backblaze’s drive statistics reports, as they report on failure rates and issues for all of their drives by specific model: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/category/cloud-storage/hard-drive-stats/
All manufacturers can and sometimes do make trash drives, and Seagate have a number of specific models that have very low fail rates. That said, they also have a larger number of drives with high failure rates than other manufacturers. Regardless, always research the specific drive model you are considering before purchasing to avoid surprises later.
In my circles the unreliability of a Seagate Barracuda is a meme.
Yea ok, that says it all :D
I’ve run a few of those for years without any issues!