Failure Rate Analysis - Best 10Tb+ hard drives: Seagate, Western Digital or Toshiba?

SomeTechGuy October 28, 2023
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I perform an in depth AFR (annualized failure rate) analysis on 10Tb, 12Tb, 14Tb and 16Tb hard disks using 230,000 drives SMART data as a data source. We find out which manufacturers perform best, and which models are the lemons to avoid. All these vendors state their drives have an AFR of 0.35%, but who is really giving the accurate picture? Video on the broader analysis of 430k drives over 10 years of data : https://youtu.be/ipBVdCAJ9AY Enterprise vs NAS disks? Which should you choose? : https://youtu.be/UFDF39TRsl0 Key Disks Covered in this Video: WD Ultrastar 16TB Disk - WUH721816ALE6L4: https://amzn.to/42w0uVp Toshiba Enterprise 16TB Disk - MG08ACA16TE: https://amzn.to/40TZhGv Seagate Exos X18 16TB - ST16000NM000J: https://amzn.to/3WFCWKa Link to the BackBlaze data source : https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/resources/hard-drive-test-data You can support me at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sometechguy Thank you to everyone for watching and hope you enjoy the content!

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