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Did those beat the 75GXP yet?Empyrium wrote: ↑ This (ST3000DM008) is a relatively new drive (the oldest review I can see on Amazon is from less than a year ago) so we can't tell if Seagate really changed enough to fix probably the worst drive in history (ST3000DM001). If you haven't done much research on HDD, ST3000DM001 had over 30% failure rate and Seagate even faced class action suit as a result. Out of the 6 HDD I own, the ST3000DM001 was the newest however it died last year.
We all want cheap $/GB, but if the drive can't even last 2 years, it changes the picture completely. It's good to consult BlackBlaze (a data storage company)'s own reliability stats when choosing which HDD to buy. The latest data can be found here. Keep in mind that you can't generalize brands and each model can have extremely different stats. The 4GB Seagate ST4000DM000 seem to only have 3% failure rate while the 8GB Seagate ST8000DM002 has just 1% failure rate. Steer clear of 4GB Seagate ST4000DX000 though, the 36% failure rate is alarming despite the very small sample size (15 died out of 170).
Not just 3TB, any hard drives IMO, they can fail anytime no matter what the brand. That is why, all my important data like my family's digital photo albums are stored in my hard drive, back up to an external hard drive and also on my DS413 and Asustor 1004T NAS. Will soon back them up to cloud storage once I find a good deal.
