The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Onkami on 2024-12-28 12:55:22.

I am out on the market for a pair of 12-20Tb server/datacenter grade HDDs to support my media workflow (to be placed in a RAID1 array). In addition to advertised capabilities I’d like to have some facts that these drives won’t fail statistically too soon.

Earlier, I chose some HGST drives by routinely comparing Backblaze failure stats with what price comparators gave me (I am in EU). Is there any way to do it faster and more straightforward?