Seagate HHD or SSHD?

[weathered666]

I bought a seagate Barracuda 2TB about 2 years and a few days ago it just died...It started producing the clicking noise and when i tried to disconnect it and reattach it the HDD makes the clicking sound and doesn't get detected....

now i have to buy a new 2TB hard drive...i need to know if i should buy another barracuda or go for the Seagate 2TB SSHD...I am going to use the new hard drive as a secondary drive for storing my data. I am not looking for blazing fast write or read speeds. I just want the drive to last the next 4 years or more.

I have read that the SSD does not have a very long lifespan. And since the seagate SSHD has an internal 8GB NAND SSD i would like to know will the SSHD die on me in a few years if i am reading, writing or copying large amounts of data (like movies, games etc)??

Please share your experiences and let me know your advice...

 

[huilun02]

The SSHD is fine. The SSD portion of the drive is just used to cache data that is most often accessed from the drive, and that means it is a read operation that won't consume the limited write cycles.

 

[weathered666]

The SSHD is fine. The SSD portion of the drive is just used to cache data that is most often accessed from the drive, and that means it is a read operation that won't consume the limited write cycles.

The thing is that my PC stays on for about two days at a time..I am downloading songs, movies, games etc. so all this data will be WRITTEN to the SSHD so wont this harm the lifespan of the SSHD??

 

[casper1973]

There is no point using a SSHD as a data drive. You pay more and won't notice any performance difference unless you are running programs from it or frequently using the same files.

If you want reliability go for a Western Digital Black drive. They come with a 5-year warranty.


PS.
When you are reading about SSD's having a short lifespan - that was only relevant 3-4 years ago or more. These days they are far more reliable and if anything I would trust a decent SSD with my data more than a standard 7200 HDD.

Just look at the Samsung 850 Pro -- 10 Year Warranty --
Samsung wouldn't do that if they didn't trust it's reliability. They could loose millions on returns if it's not reliable.

 

[huilun02]

Like I said the SSD portion of the drive is mainly used for reading purposes. At worst it may be used for write caching when data needs to be written very quickly, like high quality video recording. The meat of the drive where most stuff is written to and stored, is the mechanical portion which is effectively no different from an ordinary HDD.

 

[weathered666]

There is no point using a SSHD as a data drive. You pay more and won't notice any performance difference unless you are running programs from it or frequently using the same files.

If you want reliability go for a Western Digital Black drive. They come with a 5-year warranty.


PS.
When you are reading about SSD's having a short lifespan - that was only relevant 3-4 years ago or more. These days they are far more reliable and if anything I would trust a decent SSD with my data more than a standard 7200 HDD.

Just look at the Samsung 850 Pro -- 10 Year Warranty --
Samsung wouldn't do that if they didn't trust it's reliability. They could loose millions on returns if it's not reliable.

The WD Black is out of my budget range..I would go for the Samsung SSD but again it is out of my budget and secondly is the size limitation...Since the SSHD isnt going to be useful in my case should i go for the seagate 2TB barracuda as it comes with a 3 year warranty now in Pakistan??

 

[weathered666]

Like I said the SSD portion of the drive is mainly used for reading purposes. At worst it may be used for write caching when data needs to be written very quickly, like high quality video recording. The meat of the drive where most stuff is written to and stored, is the mechanical portion which is effectively no different from an ordinary HDD.

Do you agree with Casper1973's answer??

 

[huilun02]

If you prefer not to worry about SSHD's, yeah just get the 2TB Barracuda.

People who are still paranoid about SSDs at this time can stick to their traditional drives.

 

[weathered666]

If you prefer not to worry about SSHD's, yeah just get the 2TB Barracuda.

People who are still paranoid about SSDs at this time can stick to their traditional drives.

I'm not paranoid about SSD's..It's just that they are not in my budget and they don't satisfy my capacity requirements...And as for the SSHD well if it's not giving me any real benefit in my situation then it's pointless spending more on it...

So now i guess i'll have to stick with the barracuda for a few years...then hopefully a 2TB SSD.