5TB external hard drive £119

[smiffy180]

Been sent this via email if it's of benefit to anyone

5TB External Hard drive £119
http://10ws.co/1CkLxR5

[Evolved]

Wow, very cheap for huge capacity and USB 3 too.

[Doctor Volt]

Thats cheap, the one problem is, a lot of files could be lost when it goes faulty, I suggest anyone thinking of buying one should consider buying two if they can afford them, use one and keep the other as a mirror

[GC8]

Seagate? Lolz

[GC8]

Seagate's unenviable reputation is appalling.

[Doctor Volt]

Seagate did sort out the 1.5Tb problem and did replace returned drives

[GC8]

Would take a chance on a Seagate device now?

[All that jazz]

Doctor Volt said:

Seagate did sort out the 1.5Tb problem and did replace returned drives

What about the Seagate 3TB ones? Seagate had a 42% failure rate in 2014. I know where my money would go and it wouldn't be Seagate!

[GC8]

Seagate's problems make IBM's 'Deathstar' look like a blip!

[Oakey]

GC8 said:

Seagate's problems make IBM's 'Deathstar' look like a blip!

Incidentally don't Hitachi own that brand now?

[mike80]

We have loads of external hard drives, all from different manufacturers at work. WD, Seagate, Toshiba etc. Never had one fail, unless it's been dropped from a great height!

Obviously it can happen, but as long as you have a backup I wouldn't worry who made it.

Edited by mike80 on Sunday 25th January 21:39

[All that jazz]

swerni said:

GC8 said:

Would take a chance on a Seagate device now?

Yup, happily

[GC8]

I believe that their 2014 RMA was approaching double that of WD's. Large drive too - I wouldn't entertain them and I believe that anyone doing so is foolish in the extreme.

[GC8]

That was a long time ago and caused by MS's losing their IBM OEM status.

Seagate used to be reliable, but their recent issues are unprecedented.

[GC8]

At that time I was an IBM DSG broker. Sys36, Sys38 AS/400 & RiSC/6000.

[GC8]

No! I jumped ship to PCs in the mid-nineties. Fortunately for me, I had always been interested in PS/2s and RS/6000s which gave me a head start when the black AS/400s and new S/36s were introduced and PC networks started to take over.

I ended up as a technical sales rep for a large computer manufacturer.