{"id":402767,"date":"2022-02-02T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-most-reliable-hdds-for-your-plex-server-based-on-backblaze-stats-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-02-02T19:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:12:04","slug":"the-most-reliable-hdds-for-your-plex-server-based-on-backblaze-stats-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-most-reliable-hdds-for-your-plex-server-based-on-backblaze-stats-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Most Reliable HDDs for Your Plex Server, Based on Backblaze Stats \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The Most Reliable HDDs for Your Plex Server, Based on Backblaze Stats \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Very few HDDs are made to handle the continuous usage, heat, and vibration of a Plex server. And that\u2019s a huge problem. Replacing a failed drive takes time and money, especially if you don\u2019t have redundancies<\/a> in place.\u00a0Thankfully, a new report from Backblaze<\/a> reveals which popular HDDs perform the best in a real testing environment; its cloud data center.<\/p>\n

Throughout 2021, Backblaze monitored\u00a0202,759 HDDs and logged their failure rates. The company found some interesting results<\/a>\u2014while many HDDs are \u201creliable,\u201d only three drives have the ultra-low failure rate that Plex customers desire. Additionally, large capacity HDDs (12TB and up) app<\/a>ear to be more reliable (but not necessarily longer-lasting) than lower capacity models.<\/p>\n

You can see the drive models tested by Backblaze in the chart below. The AFR or \u201cannualized failure rate\u201d is what we\u2019re most interested in. This stat shows each drive\u2019s failure rate throughout 2021 while still accounting for Backblaze\u2019s environment, where drives enter testing throughout<\/em> the year. (Backblaze collects this information from its data center, meaning the company uses these drives for real server work. Installing all 200,000+ drives on January 1st would be impossible.)<\/p>\n

We\u2019re also interested in the lifespan or \u201cAverage Age\u201d of each drive, for obvious reasons. Ideally, customers building a Plex server (or any other server, for that matter) should use drives with a long lifespan\u00a0and<\/em> a low failure rate.<\/p>\n

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The three most reliable hard drives in 2021, according to Backblaze\u2019s data, are the 6TB Seagate ST6000DX000<\/a> (AFR 0.11%), the 16TB WDC\u00a0WUH721816ALE6L0 (AFR 0.14%), and the 16TB Toshiba\u00a0MG08ACA16TE (AFR 0.91%).<\/p>\n

Notably, the Seagate drive has an average age of\u00a080.4 months, while the WDC and Toshiba models last an average of 5.06 and 3.57 months. That makes the\u00a06TB Seagate ST6000DX000 the best HDD for your Plex server, despite its relatively low storage capacity.<\/p>\n

But how does the Seagate stack up to previous years\u2019 tests? Here\u2019s the thing; manufacturers often make small changes to their HDDs. These changes can make a drive crappier, as we saw with the WD Blue SN550 last year, but they can also increase a drive\u2019s quality and reliability.<\/p>\n

Seagate\u2019s ST6000DX000 drive fits the latter scenario. In previous years, Backblaze found that this drive had a 0.96% AFR. It\u2019s now significantly more reliable with an AFR of just 0.11%. (Yeah, we\u2019re discussing a change of less than 1%. It\u2019s still significant, though, because Seagate manufactures millions of these drives each year.)<\/p>\n

Now, I should note that the\u00a06TB Seagate ST6000DX000 is technically a \u201cdesktop\u201d hard drive. We usually suggest using dedicated NAS drives for Plex servers, but if the\u00a0Seagate ST6000DX000 performs this well in Backblaze\u2019s data centers<\/a>, it should perform equally well with your Plex setup.<\/p>\n

You can order the\u00a06TB Seagate ST6000DX000<\/a> for $235 at Newegg. If you need a larger drive, the\u00a016TB Toshiba MG08ACA16TE<\/a>\u00a0is available at a discounted price of just $350 at Tiger Direct. Unfortunately, the 16TB WDC\u00a0WUH721816ALE6L0 is only available in Europe.<\/p>\n

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Source: Backblaze<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n