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<blockquote data-quote="Scott_R" data-source="post: 1713983" data-attributes="member: 240516"><p>Thanks for the replies. I had in fact looked at the Backblaze ratings, but only the info about drives overall and not 4TB specific; for the former, Seagate had seemed reasonably reliable.</p><p></p><p>There are only a few drive manufacturers left now. The PC Mag review doesn't mention which mechanisms the drives use--LaCie is owned by Seagate, for example, and the Buffalo also has a Seagate drive; I guess they aren't rating reliability, only features and ease of use. I want a reliable, relatively speedy drive, though speed is a lesser factor since it's just backing things up in the background rather than real-time need. </p><p></p><p>In the past I've probably had more enclosure failures than drive failures (obviously mostly less of a disaster), and I haven't found reliability reviews for enclosures.</p><p></p><p>(I'd written this reply before the one above and thought I'd posted it, but obviously I hadn't.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott_R, post: 1713983, member: 240516"] Thanks for the replies. I had in fact looked at the Backblaze ratings, but only the info about drives overall and not 4TB specific; for the former, Seagate had seemed reasonably reliable. There are only a few drive manufacturers left now. The PC Mag review doesn't mention which mechanisms the drives use--LaCie is owned by Seagate, for example, and the Buffalo also has a Seagate drive; I guess they aren't rating reliability, only features and ease of use. I want a reliable, relatively speedy drive, though speed is a lesser factor since it's just backing things up in the background rather than real-time need. In the past I've probably had more enclosure failures than drive failures (obviously mostly less of a disaster), and I haven't found reliability reviews for enclosures. (I'd written this reply before the one above and thought I'd posted it, but obviously I hadn't.) [/QUOTE]
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