Backblaze hard drive reliability 20209/13/2023 ![]() The next unit up is 1,200 drives when we fill a "vault" with them. We'll do this even if the price is TERRIBLE, because at the moment a good deal on that particular drive type comes to us we want some confidence they work well before we buy several thousand of them. The reason this occurs is that we like to "qualify drives" of different types by running a pod full of them for a few months to see how they perform in our particular environment. The 60 is a magic number for us, it means we filled one "pod" (one computer) with that type of drive. ![]() The data shows no drive under like 60 units. ![]() Just make sure to tag the post with the flair and give a little background info/context.ĭisclaimer: I work at Backblaze and just lurk here mostly. On Fridays we'll allow posts that don't normally fit in the usual data-hoarding theme, including posts that would usually be removed by rule 4: “No memes or 'look at this '”
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