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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoBackblaze.com gives stats on drive failures across their datacenters: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2024/ Seagate’s results stick out. Most of the drives with >2% failure rates are theirs. They even have one model over 11%.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 days agoWhy would Backblaze use so many Seagate drives if they’re significantly worse? Seagate also has some of the highest Drive Days on that chart. It’s clear Backblaze doesn’t think they’re bad drives for their business.
Backblaze.com gives stats on drive failures across their datacenters:
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2024/
Seagate’s results stick out. Most of the drives with >2% failure rates are theirs. They even have one model over 11%.
Why would Backblaze use so many Seagate drives if they’re significantly worse? Seagate also has some of the highest Drive Days on that chart. It’s clear Backblaze doesn’t think they’re bad drives for their business.