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Seagate Ships World’s First 8 TB Hard Disk
any reports on hdd failure safety? if the hdd fails thats it 8tb of data gone for good 
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these companies should release some relief information about hdd safety
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these companies should release some relief information about hdd safety
any reports on hdd failure safety? if the hdd fails thats it 8tb of data gone for good
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these companies should release some relief information about hdd safety
+1, to this. Particularly,when one is using Seagate.
dont say that, you scare me. I use 2tb HDD from seagate
^ Me having 3 HDD's from Seagate,in my PC. Two 500GB & one 250GB ,total 1.25TB and one WD Blue 1TB.
TOTAL CAPACITY : 2.25TB only.
TOTAL CAPACITY : 2.25TB only.
Rant mode: On
All that Jazz for GB's are good, but seriously, companies first focus should be on reliability. I bought WD 1 TB elements for a friend. Sucker thing is stopping working on random times. Best thing is that it started to happen only after warranty got expired. So, what do I do with this black box? Use it on display to showcase how beautiful is a black plastic box with a brand name on it? And where the hell do I keep the data? Its not like I can burn all that GB's of info on DVD's to take backup either. So we get stuck, until we can buy a new HDD. But this is not a solution. Since HDD's are not getting cheaper. They are only getting pricer with all this GB race.
All that Jazz for GB's are good, but seriously, companies first focus should be on reliability. I bought WD 1 TB elements for a friend. Sucker thing is stopping working on random times. Best thing is that it started to happen only after warranty got expired. So, what do I do with this black box? Use it on display to showcase how beautiful is a black plastic box with a brand name on it? And where the hell do I keep the data? Its not like I can burn all that GB's of info on DVD's to take backup either. So we get stuck, until we can buy a new HDD. But this is not a solution. Since HDD's are not getting cheaper. They are only getting pricer with all this GB race.
I never found my laptop using more than 100GB of HDD
Anyone please tell me what you have on your 2TB+ HDDs?
Anyone please tell me what you have on your 2TB+ HDDs?
I never found my laptop using more than 100GB of HDD
Anyone please tell me what you have on your 2TB+ HDDs?
Erm... HD movies? Steam games stretching to 16 GBs? Video editing and transcoding behemoth tools?
And then some.
I never found my laptop using more than 100GB of HDD
Anyone please tell me what you have on your 2TB+ HDDs?
A wise man once said "A good girlfriend can save 200GB of your HDD" 
A wise man once said "A good girlfriend can save 200GB of your HDD"
LOL. But, that 200 GB data has it's own value
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Speaking of reliability....
If someone has the money, he should buy two of those and put them on RAID 1 on a NAS.....8 TB is enough for all the human needs.
But an average joe should probably buy two 2 tb hdds and set them up on RAID 1.
If someone has the money, he should buy two of those and put them on RAID 1 on a NAS.....8 TB is enough for all the human needs.
But an average joe should probably buy two 2 tb hdds and set them up on RAID 1.
I'm using 2tb hdd and I'm planning for the same, but in the mean time I check my hdd status every now and then so that the health stays good
one bit off topic, can i add use two different speed hdd for raid 1 [if one goes one survives right]
seagate reliability discussion to p0rn rather fast
So much anime to download, not enough space to keep them (4 TB here) 
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It is possible but not recommended. Altough a good idea and I will probably do my research on this....But AFAIK the lower speed of the two drives will be taken.I'm using 2tb hdd and I'm planning for the same, but in the mean time I check my hdd status every now and then so that the health stays good
one bit off topic, can i add use two different speed hdd for raid 1 [if one goes one survives right]
For the mean time you can go through the following websites:
Can you RAID two hard dives that have different speeds - Chipsets - Motherboards
*superuser.com/questions/257892/matched-or-unmatched-drives-for-raid-arrays
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in my opinion RAID is unnecessary for simple storage needs.just add another hdd & copy paste all the files(read movies,music,setups etc).RAID is worth it when there is huge amount of data changing daily which is not the case for home users.another thing to note is that many hdd which work fine otherwise will not perform well with RAID setup & even fail much earlier.e.g.WD Green series has a much higher failure rate when used in RAID setup compared to the normal setup.
If I had enough money, I'd rather get SSD.
Looks like companies aren't focusing on reliability because it will make consumers consider costly SSDs as an alternative?
*removes tin foil hat*
Looks like companies aren't focusing on reliability because it will make consumers consider costly SSDs as an alternative?
*removes tin foil hat*
Hmm, and this is the condition of my tiny 1.5 TB space, and the 1 TB HDD was purchased just 18 months ago!
*i.imgur.com/f7RN62X.jpg