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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1638797" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi again <strong>Josh</strong> - from your links, I'm assuming that you live in the UK - correct? Might impact on one of my recommendations, just saying. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Harry</strong> is right, of course - not easy to recommend specific brands although the WD seem to be in high regard here; my current half dozen external HDs are Seagate (2), OWC (Other World Computing) (2), Western Digital (2), and a LaCie SSD. HDs seem to have three stages of survival: 1) Infant mortality, i.e. DOA or an early death; 2) Stable period for a few years if early mortality is avoided; and 3) Old age w/ gradual deterioration. There is a lot of web discussion on this topic - below is a graph from <a href="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/" target="_blank">HERE</a> showing these stages through 4 yrs where 20% of HDs failed; extrapolated out to 6 yrs projects a 50% mortality - I plan to replace my EHDs periodically and I guess that 4 yrs is a good choice?</p><p></p><p>So, the WD EHD can be easily recommended - in an article that I've quoted before in other threads, the Seagate HDs seem to have a higher failure rate; Hitachi drives did well - can't remember the Samsung devices, if even mentioned? The <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MSU37T1.0T16/" target="_blank">OWC HDs</a> are reviewed highly on the website link (not sure 'who' makes them), but I have two 1 TB HDs from them, one w/ USB 3.0 connection and the other w/ a Thunderbolt connection (used on my iMac for TM). SO - a lot to think about! Dave</p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]21756[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1638797, member: 234411"] Hi again [B]Josh[/B] - from your links, I'm assuming that you live in the UK - correct? Might impact on one of my recommendations, just saying. :) [B]Harry[/B] is right, of course - not easy to recommend specific brands although the WD seem to be in high regard here; my current half dozen external HDs are Seagate (2), OWC (Other World Computing) (2), Western Digital (2), and a LaCie SSD. HDs seem to have three stages of survival: 1) Infant mortality, i.e. DOA or an early death; 2) Stable period for a few years if early mortality is avoided; and 3) Old age w/ gradual deterioration. There is a lot of web discussion on this topic - below is a graph from [URL="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/"]HERE[/URL] showing these stages through 4 yrs where 20% of HDs failed; extrapolated out to 6 yrs projects a 50% mortality - I plan to replace my EHDs periodically and I guess that 4 yrs is a good choice? So, the WD EHD can be easily recommended - in an article that I've quoted before in other threads, the Seagate HDs seem to have a higher failure rate; Hitachi drives did well - can't remember the Samsung devices, if even mentioned? The [URL="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MSU37T1.0T16/"]OWC HDs[/URL] are reviewed highly on the website link (not sure 'who' makes them), but I have two 1 TB HDs from them, one w/ USB 3.0 connection and the other w/ a Thunderbolt connection (used on my iMac for TM). SO - a lot to think about! Dave . [ATTACH=full]21756[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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