I just bought this and thought I would pass this along.
Newegg Shell Shocker $189.99: WD Black 5TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 Inch WD5001FZWX
Limited time so jump on this if you want it.
This drive is $224.48 at Amazon as of this writing.
Deal gone.
I bought a Seagate Desktop 6TB HDD (ST6000DM001) for my backups and mounted it in Vantec NexStar G6 3.5″ SATA III 6 Gbp/s USB3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure. Great combo.
February 2nd I bought a Seagate Desktop 6TB HDD (ST6000DM001) for my backups. USB3.0 External Hard drive at Tiger Direct for $139.00. Delivered fast and works great.
As of Feb 4, the price has increased to $224.99 on Newegg.
I did not know where to put this but here it goes…
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/222267-seagate-faces-lawsuit-over-3tb-hard-drive-failure-rates
Seagate faces class-action lawsuit over 3TB hard drive failure rates
By Joel Hruska on February 2, 2016 at 7:30 am
“The complaint:
The complaint notes that Seagate’s ST3000DM001 was the first 3TB drive to use three platters at 1TB each. This is in contrast to other 3TB drives then on the market, which used 4-5 platters to hit their 3TB densities.”
I have a 6Gb version of this drive. It at least doubles its possible failure rate. 2 year warranty to boot.
Here is what Amazon buyers had to say:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Desktop-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST6000DM001/product-reviews/B013JPKYQC/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?filterByStar=one_star&pageNumber=1
Please use Hdtune regularly to check your HDDS. I do.
Please check this Backblaze review of hard drive failure rates:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q3-2015/
Our Troubles with Seagate 3TB Hard Drives
In October 2015 we completed the removal from our datacenter of the last of the 4,289 Seagate 3TB drives we had previously purchased and deployed. This post describes our trials and tribulations with these drives. On the other hand, the 29,024 Seagate 4TB drives we own are performing quite nicely.
Link: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/3tb-hard-drive-failure