{"id":115063,"date":"2017-02-02T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=115063"},"modified":"2017-02-02T09:41:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T07:41:57","slug":"the-best-and-worst-hard-drives-you-can-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/115063-the-best-and-worst-hard-drives-you-can-buy","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst hard drives you can buy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backblaze, an online backup provider, has published its Hard Drive Stats for 2016<\/strong><\/a> report. The report details the reliability of different hard drive brands and models.<\/p>\n

The company bases its statistics on the drives it uses to store customer data for its online backup business.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of 2016, we had 73,653 spinning hard drives. Of that number, there were 1,553 boot drives and 72,100 data drives,\u201d said Backblaze.<\/p>\n

Backblaze calculated the annualised drive failure rate for each drive model. This is based on data from 1 January 2016 through December 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cFailure rate, in the context we use it, is more accurately described as the Annualised Failure Rate. It is computed based on Drive Days and Drive Failures, not on the Drive Count,\u201d said Backblaze.<\/p>\n

Hard Drive Failure Rates<\/h3>\n

The tables below show the hard drive failure stats for 2016.<\/p>\n

HGST (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) had the lowest failure rate, followed by Toshiba, Seagate, and WDC (Western Digital).<\/p>\n

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Hard Drive Failure Rates by Drive Size<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Drive Size<\/strong><\/th>\nDrive Count<\/strong><\/th>\nDrive Days<\/strong><\/th>\nDrive Failures<\/strong><\/th>\nFailure Rate<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
3TB<\/td>\n6,605<\/td>\n2,416,353<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n1.40%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4TB<\/td>\n54,189<\/td>\n18,504,977<\/td>\n1,042<\/td>\n2.06%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5TB<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n16,425<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2.22%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6TB<\/td>\n2,335<\/td>\n850,992<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n1.76%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8TB<\/td>\n8,765<\/td>\n1,093,435<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n1.60%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Totals<\/strong><\/td>\n71,939<\/strong><\/td>\n22,882,182<\/strong><\/td>\n1,225<\/strong><\/td>\n1.95%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Hard Drive Failure Rates by Manufacturer<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Manufacturer<\/strong><\/th>\nDrive Count<\/strong><\/th>\nDrive Days<\/strong><\/th>\nDrive Failures<\/strong><\/th>\nFailure Rate<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
HGST<\/td>\n24,545<\/td>\n8,028,068<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n0.60%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toshiba<\/td>\n237<\/td>\n86,308<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1.27%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seagate<\/td>\n45,531<\/td>\n14,194,485<\/td>\n1,029<\/td>\n2.65%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WDC<\/td>\n1,626<\/td>\n573,321<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n3.88%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Totals<\/strong><\/td>\n71,939<\/strong><\/td>\n22,882,182<\/strong><\/td>\n1,225<\/strong><\/td>\n1.95%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/strong> <\/a>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0How much you should pay for a hard drive in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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