Cloud provider pits 6TB hard drives in real-world face off

Cloud service provider Backblaze has published performance and reliability data on two of the industry’s leading 6TB 3.5-in. hard drives from Seagate and Western Digital (WD).

The result? Seagate’s Barracuda 6TB desktop hard drive (model STBD6000100) was outperformed by WD’s Red SATA NAS drives (model WD60EFRX). Seagate’s drive also uses a little more electricity.

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