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To be recorded the VAS had to be made directly through the merchant, which is not always the case since it is possible to return directly from the manufacturer: however, this represents a minority in the first year.
- Maxtor 1.04% (against 1.73%) - Western Digital 1.45% (against 0.99%) - Seagate 2.13% (against 2.58%) - Samsung 2.47% (against 1.93%) - Hitachi 3.39% (against 0.92%)
Hitachi is plummeting, which was first in the previous ranking! Western Digital retained its second place despite a failure rate increasing, while Maxtor is occupying the first place.
More specifically the failure rate for 1TB drives:
- 5.76% Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B - 5.20% Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C - 3.68% Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - 3.37%: Samsung SpinPoint F1 - 2.51% Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 - 2.37%: WD Caviar Green WD10EARS - 2.10% Seagate Barracuda LP - 1.57%: Samsung SpinPoint F3 - 1.55%: WD Caviar Green WD10EADS - 1.35%: WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS - 1.24%: Maxtor DiamondMax 23
Hitachi is logically the less well placed, what with two separate lines! What about the 2 TB version?
- 9.71%: WD Caviar Black WD2001FASS - 6.87% Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 - 4.83%: WD Caviar Green WD20EARS - 4.35% Seagate Barracuda LP - 4.17%: Samsung EcoGreen F3 - 2.90%: WD Caviar Green WD20EADS
Overall, failure rates recorded are bad. That does not really want to entrust to 2TB of data to these discs alone: a mirroring will not be too much for securing data. Logically 7200 rpm disks are less reliable than the 5400/5900 rpm, with almost 10% for the Western model!
For the first time, we also integrate SSDs in this article type. The rates of failure recorded by manufacturer:
- Intel 0.59% - Corsair 2.17% - Crucial 2.25% - Kingston 2.39% - OCZ 2.93%
Intel stands here with a failure rate of the most flattering. Among the few models sold over 100 copies, displays a rate of no more than 5% VAS.