Just don't buy a Seagate. Any other drive is a good drive.
Just don't buy a Seagate. Any other drive is a good drive.
WD, Hitachi, and Toshiba drives seem to fail at about the same rate\
what the fuck, why bother buying a backup if the backup dies.
what the fuck, why bother buying a backup if the backup dies.
what the fuck, why bother buying a backup if the backup dies.
Anything with moving parts will fail eventually. It's just a matter of time. But most studies show Seagate drives are more likely to fail early.
This!
I remember when Seagate was top tier. Over the last 10 years it's been a race to the bottom of the barrel. And they are winning.
RAID5
RAID5
Synology NAS.
You can get a 2 drive or 4 drive system very cheap.
They configure to raid 1 very easily for a little more redundancy. RAID is not a backup platform, but it certainly helps.
Also, with modern drive capacities, RAID5 is a terrible choice due to the increased likelihood of UBE.
It's 2015, screw external drives and go with something like One Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc. Access your stuff from anywhere and never worry about a drive failure.