My dad had a comment about this. When buying hard drives for work (a university), they would switch to whichever one didn't have a large failure.
They exhausted the space of the industry reasonably quickly. Just goes to show that for the (reputable) companies, major failures are pretty much random (although it might be nice to see some statistics?) and thus it's a wash.
They exhausted the space of the industry reasonably quickly. Just goes to show that for the (reputable) companies, major failures are pretty much random (although it might be nice to see some statistics?) and thus it's a wash.