I’ve had good experiences with both WD and Seagate. According to industry, most HDDs will last at least 3-5 years if they are used regularly, but you can also monitor their health via a number of tools for better lifespan estimation, e.g. smartctl and smartd on Linux. Risk management and a good hardware failure mitigation strategy will ultimately help protect your data for the long run though.
I’ve had good experiences with both WD and Seagate. According to industry, most HDDs will last at least 3-5 years if they are used regularly, but you can also monitor their health via a number of tools for better lifespan estimation, e.g.
smartctlandsmartdon Linux. Risk management and a good hardware failure mitigation strategy will ultimately help protect your data for the long run though.