• Exec@pawb.social
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    21 hours ago

    The datasheets are public. WD and Toshiba has their own consumer hard drives. Check the Mean Time Between Failures, Read Errors per Bits Read, and Power On Hours per Year rows for them. The consumer ones usually have at most half of the values compared to the enterprise counterparts.

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      19 hours ago

      Interesting that you downvote me for having a different experience than you. Are you a paid fan boy or do you do it for free?

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      20 hours ago

      I have had many, many drives over the years. Seagate took a huge dive in both quality and support over a decade ago. I searched my email to find my last Seagate interaction My Last Seagate Interaction