Cloud storage provider Backblaze, in its 2014 ‘Hard Drive Annual Failure Rate’ graph, reports that the 3TB Seagate Barracuda drives it used for its storage service had a 43.1% failure rate over 2014. Other Seagate models also performed badly, with the 1.5TB Barracuda 7200.11 failing 23.8% of the time.
It must be noted that Backblaze exposed the drives to heavy stress, using them 24/7 to support user data. Seagate’s drives, designed purely to serve as home external storage devices, are not expected to handle more than eight hours use a day, nor be used as part of a massive vibrating enclosure, so it is baffling why Backblaze would continue to use Barracuda HHDs for a task they are so ill-suited to.
Not every hard drive manufacturer fared as badly as Seagate, though. HGST drives in particular proved to be very reliable under heavy use, with its 2 to 4TB drives boasting only a 2.3% rate of failure for the year, and the 2TB 7K2000 model leading the pack with a 1.1% failure rate.
Source: Ars Technica
i know had one… so did my mte. Not buying any seagate hdds as those are only ones that died on me or my mates over so many years..
My Seagate Free Agent 500 GB is acting up but i had that drive since 2008 and it started acting up in 2014 BUT my Western Digital My Book Live 2 GB Cloud Drive i had since 2012 just died in 2014 with all my Videos: Movies Anime Music and Pictures with no Warning Whatsoever At least my 500 GB Seagate Still works but is warning me by Corrupting the File System and i was able to get all the data off and transfer it to another Seagate Drive.
It’s the newer 3 GigaByte model platters that Seagate made that seem to fail with out any warning. Take a look at this data recovery video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWh_T917Ps
I knew the stats were high, but not that they were THIS high… 43% WOW
in last 6 months I had 2 out of 6 3TB Seagates go, so I guess I should be expecting another one soon huh? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuue2RnkMeQ
Probably not unless there is a Class Action Lawsuit against Seagate, or the do they right thing and offer a recall on these crap poorly engineered and manufactured drives.
Wow, Seagate needs to offer a recall to customers on these drives. We really need a Computer Lemon law that mandates a 5 year warranty on Hard Drives.