Backblaze, the large backup company, analyse the failure rate of the consumer level harddrives that they use.

Backblaze, the large backup company, analyse the failure rate of the consumer level harddrives that they use.  Seagate is the worst offender for failure and this agrees with the limited experiences I have had.
http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy

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