Seagate

Used Seagate drives sold as new through online retail channels – Blocks and Files

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Used Seagate EXOS drives presented as new are being sold through online retail channels, duping both buyers and sellers. The storage biz has now launched an investigation to find out what happened and is warning customers to be mindful of the warranty implications. This follows a recent rise in the number of customers reporting drive … Read more

Backblaze reveals best and worst disk drives with 2024 failure rate stats – Blocks and Files

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Backup and cloud storage supplier Backblaze has released its quarterly disk drive stats report.  The company had 301,120 hard drives used to store data as of the end of last year. A chart of the Q4 2024 disk drive annual failure rates (AFR) for various suppliers’ drive types shows a pronounced 4.5-plus percent AFR for … Read more