Toshiba 5 TB internal hard drive good?

[xXCrossfireXx]

For my new computer I got a Toshiba 5 TB internal hard drive (model #: PH3500U-1I72). My question is, is this a good, reliable hard drive?

 

[jossrik]

The bigger the drive, the more error prone they are, but the more they put into error correction and the like. I think HDDs in general now are less reliable in general now than maybe 15 years ago, but they're also a magnitude bigger. I run two 3Tb drives in my computer, and back them up regularly to a pair of 3Tb drives that I have an external dock for. That way I have everything relatively backed up, and often enough that if one of the drives fails, either the backup or the regular, I can buy a new one relatively quickly to replace it, above and beyond that, I replace the drives when the warranties run out(those become the backup drives). The only drive that I hear good things about often are the WD Black drives. But recently, failure rates seem to be in line with prices. I think. Good advice, but I am on medication, so not sure as to the accuracy of my statement.

 

[xXCrossfireXx]

The bigger the drive, the more error prone they are, but the more they put into error correction and the like. I think HDDs in general now are less reliable in general now than maybe 15 years ago, but they're also a magnitude bigger. I run two 3Tb drives in my computer, and back them up regularly to a pair of 3Tb drives that I have an external dock for. That way I have everything relatively backed up, and often enough that if one of the drives fails, either the backup or the regular, I can buy a new one relatively quickly to replace it, above and beyond that, I replace the drives when the warranties run out(those become the backup drives). The only drive that I hear good things about often are the WD Black drives. But recently, failure rates seem to be in line with prices. I think. Good advice, but I am on medication, so not sure as to the accuracy of my statement.

So... Are Toshiba drives good?

 

[jossrik]

The bigger the drive, the more error prone they are, but the more they put into error correction and the like. I think HDDs in general now are less reliable in general now than maybe 15 years ago, but they're also a magnitude bigger. I run two 3Tb drives in my computer, and back them up regularly to a pair of 3Tb drives that I have an external dock for. That way I have everything relatively backed up, and often enough that if one of the drives fails, either the backup or the regular, I can buy a new one relatively quickly to replace it, above and beyond that, I replace the drives when the warranties run out(those become the backup drives). The only drive that I hear good things about often are the WD Black drives. But recently, failure rates seem to be in line with prices. I think. Good advice, but I am on medication, so not sure as to the accuracy of my statement.

So... Are Toshiba drives good?

Average, not the best, but better than off brand in general. It's kinda a lottery with HDDs, they can last years or months, and there's really no way to hedge that bet without buying the higher tiered drives, and even then, you could still lose 5 drives in a year, or none.

 

[jsmithepa]

According to Amazon's reviews, decent to good performance but can be louder than equivalent WDs. One reviewer who seems to know what he's talking about says the 4TB+ Tos consumer are really their re-packaged enterprise drives, which makes them a good deal. Unconfirmed, why rely on a few "my favorite" here, when Amazon got more feedbacks. Read the reviews yourself.

"off brand" What? Both Seagate and WD ate everybody else. These days everything are made by those 2 and Toshiba.