[jqp]

http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/

"My last two blog posts were about expected drive lifetimes and drive reliability. These posts were an outgrowth of the careful work that we’ve done at Backblaze to find the most cost-effective disk drives. Running a truly unlimited online backup service for only $5 per month means our cloud storage needs to be very efficient and we need to quickly figure out which drives work."

[kc8apf]

It's an interesting report.  I completely agree with HGST being the best drives on the market.  Their Seagate data seems skewed by older models that were known to have problems.  Modern Seagate is close to HGST.

[skunark]

Another report for SSDs.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/173887-ssd-stress-testing-finds-intel-might-be-the-only-reliable-drive-manufacturer

[JerryLove]

It's an interesting report.  I completely agree with HGST being the best drives on the market.  Their Seagate data seems skewed by older models that were known to have problems.  Modern Seagate is close to HGST.

I'm not saying you are wrong: but every time I've seen a report that showed Seagate to have a low reliability over the past 20 years: someone has said just what you've said above.