Yorick
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I am trying to look into my crystal ball to see when my shucked HGST HE8 may fail.
What I know is:
- WD Red and other "prosumer" drives are rated at 10E-14
- HGST HE8 is rated at 10E-15
- "Anecdotal" evidence from forum users has WD Red fail at 40k hours, give or take
- I don't write a whole bunch, just two to four daily backups in the xG to xxG range each, plus whatever Plex does, which is probably, actually, more than that. That thing likes to write.
So ... 40k hours is what, 4.5 years? Am I expecting my HGST to last an order of magnitude longer? Are these hard drives likely to outlast my fleshy vessel?
Thanks! Just idle crystal ball gazing on a Thursday morning :).
What I know is:
- WD Red and other "prosumer" drives are rated at 10E-14
- HGST HE8 is rated at 10E-15
- "Anecdotal" evidence from forum users has WD Red fail at 40k hours, give or take
- I don't write a whole bunch, just two to four daily backups in the xG to xxG range each, plus whatever Plex does, which is probably, actually, more than that. That thing likes to write.
So ... 40k hours is what, 4.5 years? Am I expecting my HGST to last an order of magnitude longer? Are these hard drives likely to outlast my fleshy vessel?
Thanks! Just idle crystal ball gazing on a Thursday morning :).