<div dir="ltr">I concur. I have two 4TB HGST drives in my HTPC since the 2015 Backblaze report. Haven't had a single issue. I will definitely be buying more of them when I'm able.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Derek Atkins via Ale <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">Alex Carver via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> writes:<br>
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>> When I looked at the data, I saw that WD-Reds were not so great and the<br>
>> HTSG 4TB were the best for failures. There are a number of different<br>
>> charts in the article. Best to carefully check the captions.<br>
><br>
> The HGST are helium filled drives and cost significantly more than the<br>
> WDC Reds. The others that are on the same price point seem to also have<br>
> the same longevity.<br>
><br>
> One person did the life expectancy calculations for the drives here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://medium.com/@simonerni/dissecting-backblaze-hard-drive-stats-2017-17a90089a2e8" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://medium.com/@simonerni/<wbr>dissecting-backblaze-hard-<wbr>drive-stats-2017-17a90089a2e8</a><br>
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</span>I happen to love HGST drives, and I'm willing to spend a LITTLE more to<br>
get them. The 4TB drives are ~$130 each on newegg. I wish there were<br>
more data on the HGST 6TB drives, as they are under $200 each and<br>
currently the best $/TB of the HGST series.<br>
<br>
I currently have 6 4G HGST drives in my FreeNAS server (RAIDZ2). I'm<br>
due to add new space soon. ;)<br>
<br>
-derek<br>
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