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Date:      Tue, 13 Sep 2016 16:31:39 -0600
From:      markham breitbach <markham@ssimicro.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Best kind of hard drive for heavy use?
Message-ID:  <4c3b757e-3f94-49fa-856b-53c1a7a91263@ssimicro.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160913215546.2325ce2d@archlinux.localdomain>
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I've always had pretty good results from the WD-RE drives, and I've had
many of them operating under much less than ideal conditions. I have had
a few of them fail out on me through the years, but not <40K hours.

Model Family:     Western Digital RE3 Serial ATA
Device Model:     WDC WD5002ABYS-01B1B0
9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   015   015   000    Old_age =20
Always       -       62319

Model Family:     Western Digital RE3 Serial ATA
Device Model:     WDC WD7502ABYS-02A6B0
9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   020   020   000    Old_age =20
Always       -       58855

Model Family:     Western Digital RE3 Serial ATA
Device Model:     WDC WD1002FBYS-02A6B0
9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   029   029   000    Old_age =20
Always       -       52014

I am currently using some RED drives as an rsync daily backup target for
a couple dozen servers, so needless to say these guys are under pretty
heavy load.  The RED are a tad on the slow side, though, and generally
seem to have a higher failure rate.

Model Family:     Western Digital Red (AF)
Device Model:     WDC WD30EFRX-68AX9N0
9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   060   060   000    Old_age =20
Always       -       29803

-Markham




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