Study: A Look At Hard Drive Reliability

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hdd-reliability-storelab,2681.html

 

Surprising to see Hitachi take such a commanding lead.
They seem to have a decent market share in the US...but I suppose it's larger overseas.

Hitachi bought out IBMs hard drive division.
Those in the IT field quite a few years ago may remember the IBM "Deskstar" fiacso...where some of their 40/60/80 gig models have very high overheat and die issues (I think mostly 40 gig models). Earning them the nickname "Deathstars". I remember the disposal garbage can in our service department piling up high with dead ones.

 

Hitachi has made reliable drives for decades.

 

Not surprising, I have two 8 year old IBMs still running here, one IDE 7200 and one SCSI.

 

What would be the life expectancy of the new SSDs? No moving parts, therefore only obsolescence.

 

Ah yes, the old 75GXP and 60GXP drives. The 75GXP had 5 platters and they claimed they were failing because of heat, but then came the 60GXP which I think only had 2 platters. And they still sucked. I bought 2 of them and they both failed. I still have the Hitachi RMA replacements for them and I think they still work, though I am not using them. Too bad, IBM was my brand of choice before that.

I've been running Western Digital lately, and they have held up well.

 

Intesresting read