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  • 4CardsMan4CardsMan

    How to determine who actually manufactures a drive? There are all kinds of brand names out there, but my understanding is that there are very few actual manufacturers.

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Do you actually mean SSD?

    If such - just buy Samsung for main work drives or raw recording. For all else can decide if you need it cheap or fast and get any more or less reputable brand.

    As for HDD ity is all too simple, check https://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/9414/hdd-survival-rates-by-manufacturer/p2

  • 4CardsMan4CardsMan

    No. For SSD, I always buy Samsung. I was looking to buy 2 5TB 7200 RPM drives to configure as RAID 0. 7200 RPM will not be as reliable as 5400 RPM, so the base quality of the drive matters. I would prefer not to buy Seagate for reliability reasons. The brands offered at retailers, such as Glyph, Buffalo, or LaCie are obviously made by Seagate or WD. How do I find out which?

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    The brands offered at retailers, such as Glyph, Buffalo, or LaCie are obviously made by Seagate or WD. How do I find out which?

    You mean external HDD?

    Just always buy enclosure and HDD separately, this is all.

    You have absolutely no way to tell that drive is used in that exact model, as it can change even from batch to batch.

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