1Tb internal HDD

[rbp45]

Is 1Tb internal hard disk high failure rate these days, better to get two 500Gb HDDs ?
Is 1Tb HDD failure related with the rpm ? Which rpm less failure ?
What about the failure rate of 1Tb SATAIII...

 

[nanaki333]

the failure rate is higher with drives like the WD green drives due to their constant spinning down then up. most any 1TB non-eco non-green drive will be fine for you though. i recommend a samsung spinpoint f3 drive if you can find them where you are.


SATA3 is useless for mechanical drives and should not even be a consideration when choosing a new HDD.

 

[drevin]

Here's some links to HDD reliability statistics:

http://www.behardware.com/articles/773-6/components-returns-rates.html

http://www.behardware.com/articles/788-6/components-returns-rates.html

http://www.behardware.com/articles/810-6/components-returns-rates.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hdd-reliability-storelab,2681.html

http://www.storagereview.com/php/survey/survey_result_tree.php?k1=uHdG9BGYn6&id=0&ph=