HGST stays atop the charts in latest Backblaze reliability stats
by from Techreport on (#2B47V)
Cloud backup outfit Backblaze runs its business by buying large quantities of mostly consumer-grade hard drives, running them in close quarters, and planning around the failure of those spinners when they do croak. Along the way, the company releases quarterly reports about the failure rate for the tens of thousands of drives it uses. The company released its latest report just yesterday, and as always, the results are worth a read.
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