<story><title>Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2023</title><url>https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2023/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>1-6</author><text>My simple rule still stands even after 20 years: Avoid Seagate.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gosub100</author><text>They had a couple bad runs a few years back. If you keep following your simple rule, you&amp;#x27;ll eventually get a bad WD and not be able to use spinning platters at all. A better simple rule would be to never skimp on buying out-of-warranty drives, as well as having a proper backup regimen. I&amp;#x27;ve had bad seagates back in ~2008 but my current nas has 5x 16T exos and they work fine.</text></comment>
<story><title>Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2023</title><url>https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2023/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>1-6</author><text>My simple rule still stands even after 20 years: Avoid Seagate.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kstrauser</author><text>Conversely, I’ve had nothing but bad luck with WD the last few years, and my Seagates have been flawless.&lt;p&gt;My simple rule is that all drives suck, and always have good backups.</text></comment>