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A comment on Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016. Parent comment

Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 by deelowe on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:29PM (#13533575)
I believe the SG failure stats are largely dominated by a specific model line which is no longer produced. I bet SG will recover next year when we see these. Keep in mind these stats reflect the AFR of drives, which in some case can be several years worth of data.

I wish backblaze would share some data around accelerated lifecycle testing.

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Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 by theandrewbailey on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:57PM (#13535636)
You could argue that Seagate has already recovered. That 4TB Seagate model (ST4000DM000) is doing pretty well. From the chart, it's Backblaze's most popular model by far, and they've been using it for at least 2 years. Its failure rate is lower than most WD models they have.
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Re:Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2016 by deelowe on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:05PM (#13537849)
Yes. From my experience they have though the performance of those 2Ts definitely hurt their reputation a ton. Might be a while before SG becomes known as the standard for quality again.
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