Hard drives are a very important component when building a computer. This is because other components can slow down the computer, but this can make us lose all our data.
A hard drive or HDD has an average life of 20.000 hours. This is just a reference, as it can last many more hours or much less. To be more exact, an HDD often breaks due to a head failure. The head is an internal piece that holds a magnetic needle and reads and writes the information.
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The company BlackBlaze compiles a statistic on how often HDDs fail. And in 2019 the Seagate ST12000NM0007 HDD has had a 3,32% failure rate. But it is not only an isolated case, but the 3 HDDs with the highest failure rate have been from the Seagate brand.
It must be taken into account that 3,32% means that out of every 30 hard drives, 1 fails. This at a domestic level may not seem like a large percentage, but at a professional level, it is too high a risk. This is because in our homes we do not usually have data worth thousands of euros.
HDDs are generally used because they are inexpensive and reliable. Unlike SSDs , HDDs don't degrade as much when writing data. However, according to recent data, it's very likely that all data will start being migrated to M.2 SSDs due to their high reliability.
If we do the math, we can see that an HDD fails every 20.000 hours, 20 years on average. Whereas an M.2 SSD if you write 25GB a day, it will have a life expectancy of 25 years. The SSD must be measured this way since it deteriorates with writing. Therefore, you have to consider whether you deserve to use an HDD before an M.2 SSD.
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Source: BlackBlaze
