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Sunshine (she/her)M to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish • 2 months ago

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

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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

Sunshine (she/her)M to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish • 2 months ago
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But there is demand for 24TB drives in America and the U.K.
  • SayCyberOnceMore
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    47•2 months 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
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      Hopefully your alternative isn’t Seagate.

      • alucard (they/them)
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        9•2 months 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
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          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.

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          • @sidtirouluca@lemm.ee
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            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 (they/them)
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            2•2 months ago

            Thanks for your comment, fair point!

        • @Pirata@lemm.ee
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          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
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            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 (they/them)
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            2•2 months ago

            Thanks for the link!

        • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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          5•2 months ago

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

          • @j4yt33@feddit.org
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            I’ve run a few of those for years without any issues!

          • alucard (they/them)
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            1•2 months ago

            Yea ok, that says it all :D

      • @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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        3•2 months ago

        and not WD either

      • @Taleya@aussie.zone
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        2•2 months ago

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

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