Hello,
I recently purchased 4 HGST Deskstar 5K4000s (2 each from 2 different vendors). I chose this model because of their excellent failure rate statistics at Backblaze's reports, and the lower ~5400RPM speed, as they will all be running side-by-side in a HP Microserver, so I figured they'd run cooler, and possibly last longer than the 7200RPM 7K4000s.
Two of them were boxed, retail units from 'B & H': these ones have model number HMS5C4040ALE64, which I believe are actually 'MegaScale 4000' enterprise drives(?); manufacture date October 2014. I am slightly annoyed by this, as they are boxed and sold as Deskstars, and I noticed that the MegaScale units have a slightly worse failure rate in the most recent Backblaze statistics (1.4% for the MegaScale 4000 vs 0.9% for the Deskstar 5K4000). Should I be concerned?
The other two drives were OEM units from an online IT retailer, and have the model number HDS5C4040ALE630; with manufacture date March 2013.
All of them have firmware version 580 installed, and I was wondering if there are any newer firmwares available, and if so, what are the differences?
Many thanks,
Knubbze
I recently purchased 4 HGST Deskstar 5K4000s (2 each from 2 different vendors). I chose this model because of their excellent failure rate statistics at Backblaze's reports, and the lower ~5400RPM speed, as they will all be running side-by-side in a HP Microserver, so I figured they'd run cooler, and possibly last longer than the 7200RPM 7K4000s.
Two of them were boxed, retail units from 'B & H': these ones have model number HMS5C4040ALE64, which I believe are actually 'MegaScale 4000' enterprise drives(?); manufacture date October 2014. I am slightly annoyed by this, as they are boxed and sold as Deskstars, and I noticed that the MegaScale units have a slightly worse failure rate in the most recent Backblaze statistics (1.4% for the MegaScale 4000 vs 0.9% for the Deskstar 5K4000). Should I be concerned?
The other two drives were OEM units from an online IT retailer, and have the model number HDS5C4040ALE630; with manufacture date March 2013.
All of them have firmware version 580 installed, and I was wondering if there are any newer firmwares available, and if so, what are the differences?
Many thanks,
Knubbze
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