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Toshiba says Europe doesn't need 24TB HDDs, witholds beefy models from region. And we have no homegrown alternatives. (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] Cyber@feddit.uk 49 points 1 year ago

Given that both of Toshiba's rivals readily offer their highest capacity products in Europe, it is hard to imagine that there is no demand for 24TB NAS-oriented HDDs in the region.

I don't look to buy Toshiba drives anyway, so moving on...

[-] Pirata@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Hopefully your alternative isn't Seagate.

[-] alucard@feddit.org 8 points 1 year ago

Why is Seagate a problem in your opinion? I've been looking for NAS and it seems I'm still uneducated in that department.

[-] boonhet@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

Same reason the next person after them will say the same for WD, the next one Toshiba, the next one Hitachi.

Bad experiences sour your perception of a brand.

[-] sidtirouluca@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

i would base my judging on backblaze spreadsheet, google it, its a cool site. i dont care about HDDs anymore, but Seagate there always has high failure rates.

[-] alucard@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your comment, fair point!

[-] Pirata@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

In my case, because I watched that Louis Rossmann video where he said he basically has a business today because of all the failures of Seagate drives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFscU8JUohA

There's a benchmark, and Seagate is above all other brands on failure rate.

[-] jonesy@aussie.zone 23 points 1 year ago

A good resource I've found is Backblaze's drive statistics reports, as they report on failure rates and issues for all of their drives by specific model: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/category/cloud-storage/hard-drive-stats/

All manufacturers can and sometimes do make trash drives, and Seagate have a number of specific models that have very low fail rates. That said, they also have a larger number of drives with high failure rates than other manufacturers. Regardless, always research the specific drive model you are considering before purchasing to avoid surprises later.

[-] alucard@feddit.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the link!

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

In my circles the unreliability of a Seagate Barracuda is a meme.

[-] j4yt33@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago

I've run a few of those for years without any issues!

[-] alucard@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yea ok, that says it all :D

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

and not WD either

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Gotta say, i've never had a seagate go bad. 2tb toshiba shat out in six months.

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