I have quite an extensive collection of media that my server makes available through different means (Jellyfin, NFS, mostly). One of my harddrives has some concerning smart values so I want to replace it. What are good harddrives to buy today? Are there any important tech specs to look out for? In the past I didn’t give this too much attention and it didn’t bite me, yet. But if I’m gonna buy a new drive now, I might as well…

I’m looking for something from 4TB upwards. I think I remember that drives with very high capacity are more likely to fail sooner - is that correct? How about different brands - do any have particularly good or bad reputation?

Thanks for any hints!

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬English
    3·
    3 months ago

    Okay, so … then maybe really look into the Seagate Exos drives. 20 TB should be pretty much fine for most selfhosting adventures.

    • e0qdk@reddthat.comEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      I have a few of those, and while the ones I bought have worked out fine so far, I think it’s worth cautioning people that they are annoyingly loud doing basic operations.

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬English
        2·
        3 months ago

        Absolutely. They’re advertised for being used in datecenters, so I assume noise optimization wasn’t a concern for Seagate when creating those drives.

      • Ryan@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        that wouldn’t be a problem for me, as my server is located in the basement. But good to know!