Hi gang I've had some concerns recently over Samsung Spinpoint hard disk drive failure rates and was hoping you'd be able to help me get a better idea of the rate at which these hard disks are failing. Obviously I'm a bit concerned having recommended them for so long. So, if you've bought a Samsung Spinpoint hard disk drive in the last 3 years, please post below to let me know of your experiences. 5 drives and no worries? 1 drives and an RMA? I'm genuinely interested. Cheers in advance!
Currently have 6 disks spinning in various pc's. Never had an issue with any of them. Their age range from 3 months to 3 years. 3 of them get constant abuse in my NAS running 24/7.
I'd heard that the F1's had issues, a significant percentage had to be returned which was why I was wary about getting the F3, but I bought 2, one for me one for my m8 and they've both working fine at very low temps since late may.
I have 3 Samsung Spinpoint F1 drives 1x 160Gb used for OS and 2x 1tb used for storage and ive had them about 2 years now and never had them seize up, shut down or explode they have been running very smoothly cant ask for more
3 x 320GB (I think these are Spinpoints from 2007 but have been retired) 4 x 500GB F1 1 x 750GB F1 3 x 1TB F3 No failures so far. Out of all the different drives I've had in the last 18 years these (and a Connor) have been the most reliable.
1 x 1TB F1 - 18-24months old - no issues 2 x 1TB F1 - 36months old - no issues 1 x 1TB F3 - 12 months old - no issues @ work 2 x 1TB F1 - 36-48 months - failed - replaced under warranty through samsung support very good serice thats about it i think
Bought a 250GB Spinpoint (sorry can't remember the specifics) about 3 1/2 years ago that's still running fine but it vibrates harder than the back shelves in Ann Summers. Bought a 500GB Samsung HD502HJ Spinpoint F3 in January 2010 and it died yesterday. Compared with my Hitachi Deskstar 160GB which has been running for 6 years now (albeit not quite as fast as the Sams).
2006: 1 x 250GB P120 PATA - still going strong 2007: 2 x 250GB P120 SATA - one DOA, RMA'd and both still going strong 2008: 2 x 640GB F1 SATA - both still going strong 2009: 3 x 500GB F3 SATA & 1 x 1TB F3 SATA - all still going strong 2010: 5 x 1TB F3 SATA - all still going strong I just know that now I have typed this, I will have a HD failure...
2 x 1TB F3 - One is 9 months old and the other roughly 12 months old - no issues so far. Though if I am honest I would say the oldest drive seems to be quicker/perform better. Odd but there you go. Could be my imagination I suppose, my hardware has changed since I got the 1st drive.
1x250Gb F1 died just over 3 years old (typical) 1x750Gb F1 HD753LJ still going strong (again over 3 years old).
2x F3s: One purchased in February 2010 - Still running. 2nd purchased in Jan 2011 for raid0 - also running together.
I've got 6xF3 1tb in various pc's my NAS and external caddies, varying up to about 2yrs old (I think) no problems with them so far.
Summary 1 X F1 1Tb = OK 1 X F3 1.5Tb = Broken within 3 months or so RMA'd 1 X F3 1.5Tb = OK Detail My F1 I have had no problems with I had 1 F3 in my machine for a couple of months and it failed, and I RMA'd to samsung I bought another F3 at the same time as the one I replaced which went it and thats seemed ok so far
Storage Review has been collecting hard drive reliability data for a long time. The results, including Samsung, can be found here.
We bought 10 F3's at the place I work... 8 of them failed within the first year. Not sure if we just got a dodgy batch or what really.
2x 1TB F1's - regular usage, bought over a year ago - no issues. 1x 1TB F3 - very regular usage, bought not long after they were released - no issues.
I've had 2x250Gb, 2x1Tb (F1), 1x1Tb (F3), none have broken. admittedly they are probably more than 3 years old, apart from the F3.
I bought my first 1TB F3 in October of last year...and it gave up the ghost after a few days of use. RMA'ed it, and the replacement has been fine ever since (touches wood frantically)
