Are any drives larger than 1TB reliable?

[ExcaliburMM]

With the higher density platters just getting out recently, are any 2TB+ drives reliable? This is for storage so I'm considering the Samsung F4 2TB which I assume has the higher density platters. Can I get some reports from anyone using a 1.5/2TB+ drive for a long period of time?

Would also prefer to spend as little as possible.


Current considerations:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152245
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136513

 

[gevorg]

In general, I believe the number of platters is a better indicator of reliability than the actual TB amount. Personally, I would go with 3 platters at a maximum. But that Samsung F4 2TB has just 6% out of 393 reviews with 1-egg, while the WD 15EARS has 25% 1-egg reviews out of 342 reviews. Although these are mostly initial impressions and do not necessarily indicate long-term reliability, I would make my bet on the Samsung and still backup of course.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

I've been using a 2 TB HD 24x7 (Seagate) for about 9 months and it's been fine. I have 2x 2 TB WD Green drives as well that have been up for 6 months or so and still doing well.

 

[Adul]

as big as these drives are now, I can't bare the thought of running anything but raid 1 with the amount of data one can accumulate.

 

[Emulex]

600gb is the mainstream sas size - for the most part that is what the folks who make the drives think will survive the 5 year 24x7 usage pattern. and 600gb is pretty new in enterprise