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title = 'HowTo Buy HDD'
date = 2024-08-17
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https://www.extremetech.com/computing/170748-how-long-do-hard-drives-actually-live-for
Consumer HDD drive have following survival chances:
 - 92% survival chance for 1.5y (due to manafacturing errors) (5.1% per year)
 - 90% survival for 3 years (due to random failure) (1.41% per year)
 - -12% every following year (due to wear-out)
For Enterprise HDDs survival a bit higher

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/k4rc7a/comment/gedlp75/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Seller can have 97% positive review while scamming every 30th customer


4tb
	Price - 4600-3100p (cost of new / lifetime (3 years) * runtime as % of lifetime) (/2, /3)
	Run time - 13000-17000h (1.5-2 years)
2tb
	Price 3300-2200p
	(01,C7, 07,) No CRC errors, read errors, reassigned sectors (?) 
1tb
	Price - 1000p



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https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1eg0kpf/brand_preference/
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/k4rc7a/comment/gedlp75/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/170748-how-long-do-hard-drives-actually-live-for
{{< /source >}}