W whatismyproblem Distinguished Dec 25, 2009 230 0 18,690 Jul 1, 2012 #1 are seagate drives reliable? what are the most reliable hdds?? thanks
nhasian Splendid Apr 5, 2010 3,574 0 23,160 Jul 1, 2012 #2 yes, Seagate drives are reliable. all HDDs are mechanical and will wear and eventually fail. Upvote 0 Downvote
amdfangirl Expert Ambassador Apr 7, 2008 8,771 19 30,965 Jul 1, 2012 #3 Just do RAID 1 with two hard drives. If we pretend that failure rate at the moment is 1%. Having 2 hard drives is 1% x 1% = 0.01% of them both failing. More disks, less chance of them all failing. Upvote 0 Downvote
Just do RAID 1 with two hard drives. If we pretend that failure rate at the moment is 1%. Having 2 hard drives is 1% x 1% = 0.01% of them both failing. More disks, less chance of them all failing.