Funny you say that cause according to backblaze WD are the worst then Seagate.
I've got 12x10Tb Seagate Irownwolf running 247 for 3 years, 1 just got bad sectors last month.
You buying the cheapest always?
I think the WD Greens were often being used in improper scenarios, like trying to use them in a NAS/RAID array, but also being used as an OS drive. Either is a terrible idea.
I like to see the reports issued by data centers who track their failures across thousands of drives. This really tells you what you need to know - and that is, Seagate makes some fucking lemons:
2020 - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/image1.jpg
2019 - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hard_drive_failure_rates_q2_2019.jpg
2018 - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/blog-Q3-2018-quarterly-chart.png
2017 - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/blog-chart-q4-2017-only.jpeg
2016 - https://www.backblaze.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/blog-q2-failure-rates.jpg
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