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Seagate Exos X20 vs Toshiba MG10 20TB
There's nothing clear-cut between them on paper, so buy whichever's cheaper on the day.
Compared on 7 specs from the makers' datasheets and Backblaze's failure data, and a group only gets a winner when the gap between the two is clear-cut.
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SpecSeagate Exos X20Toshiba MG10
Reliability Only the Toshiba MG10 is in Backblaze's data
Backblaze failure rateLifetime, 95% interval in brackets No data 0.79% (0.68%–0.90%)
Warranty and workload Level
Warranty 5 years 5 years
Workload ratingReads and writes a year 550 TB/yr 550 TB/yr
Where it fits Level
Line Data-centre Data-centre
Rated NAS bays Not stated Not stated
Recording CMR CMR
Noise and speed Level
Spindle speedFaster reads quicker, slower is quieter 7,200 rpm 7,200 rpm
The Backblaze figures are lifetime annualised failure rates (Source: Backblaze), and we only call reliability when the two 95% intervals don't overlap.