I haven't purchased many Seagate drives since the IDE days because other vendors offer better prices, but I've had every brand fail. In particular, the IBM Deathstars and the WD Greens were particularly problematic.
The local Micro Center usually has the low-speed Toshiba 1TB drives for about $35, so I've been buying those for backup storage. They seem to work fine, and I've taken several used ones from people as well. My oldest drives are two 2013 WD Reds in a NAS that are going strong and not showing any errors. They're due for replacement this year.
I haven't purchased many Seagate drives since the IDE days because other vendors offer better prices, but I've had every brand fail. In particular, the IBM Deathstars and the WD Greens were particularly problematic.
The local Micro Center usually has the low-speed Toshiba 1TB drives for about $35, so I've been buying those for backup storage. They seem to work fine, and I've taken several used ones from people as well. My oldest drives are two 2013 WD Reds in a NAS that are going strong and not showing any errors. They're due for replacement this year.
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