Comments on: Backblaze Hard Drive Stats Q2 2019 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/ Cloud Storage & Cloud Backup Fri, 23 Jul 2021 19:46:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Drew https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-327454 Sun, 27 Sep 2020 13:25:31 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-327454 Love my He10s. What is the failure rate on those?

]]> By: Asram Lodato https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-327091 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 11:18:48 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-327091 funny how these numbers reflect my personal experience exactly… i have used multiple hard drives from seagate, wd, toshiba, hitachi (before ibm) and samsung. out of the brands tested, toshiba never failed a single time. western digital failed once, but seagate failed 3 times and 2 of them within one month of purchase. i will never buy a seagate hard drive again.

]]> By: Anna Daniel https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-327058 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:54:31 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-327058 In reply to DrYumYum.

Very interesting.

]]> By: michael https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-327036 Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:55:53 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-327036 amzing work!
why do you have more Seagate than WD/Toshiba?

]]> By: Mark James https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-326730 Sat, 26 Oct 2019 22:34:01 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-326730 Do you have any stats on the drive location within a pod? I mean do the ones at the front have a higher survival rate than the ones at the back. I am thinking that cooling may contribute to their reliability.

]]> By: Andy Klein https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-326635 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:02:12 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-326635 In reply to Douglas Weiner.

They are purchased from WD/HGST distribution partners. There are several we deal with, it depends on price, quantity, and availability/timing as to which one we would select.

]]> By: Bing Bash https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-326630 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:13:54 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-326630 HGST branding is being phased out. Western Digital branding stays.d

]]> By: Lucian Ilea https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-326620 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:36:22 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-326620 Well that depends how you define failure
Intel is the top producer for SSDs in terms of reliability
when you have the first bad cell then the drive locks itself and you can only read from it
Western Digital is the same for HDDs
I had many WD drives,yes they fall very fast indeed
50 months is bad bussiness for Backblaze
but you know I used their service …once
the transfer rate was so terrible and slow
that I quickly bought my first backup server at contabo
100x speed

]]> By: Douglas Weiner https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/#comment-326592 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:01:59 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=91914#comment-326592 Where do you buy your HGST 12TB he drives from? Do you a specific vendor?

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