Statistics on hard drive reliability just released by data-storage company Backblaze would seem to indicate it’s not a good idea to buy a Seagate hard drive. Of the 104,954 drives it uses, Seagate’s are the least reliable by a wide margin.On the other side of the coin, this company has found drives made by Western Digital’s HGST to be much more reliable.
Broad but not exhaustive data
While reviewers can test individual units, or even small collections, this company has access to far more data. Its drives ran for a total of 35.7 million days during 2018. Backblaze is sharing information that’s “basically non-existent otherwise,” points out Andy Klein, the company‘s Director of Product marketing, in a blog post.
That said, it makes no attempt to provide data on every hard drive maker. While HGST is owned by Western Digital, Backblaze has very few products made by WD itself. Klein said “Over the years we’ve never been able to get the quantity of Western Digital drives we need at a reasonable price.”
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