Backblaze Hard Drive Stats

[Sushubh]

Drive Failure Over Time: The Bathtub Curve Is Leaking

Hard drive failure rates tend to follow the “bathtub curve.” What is this curve, and how does it indicate the drive failure rates at Backblaze?

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Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2021

By September 30, 2021, Backblaze was managing a whopping 194,749 drives. Here’s a deeper look into the SSD and HDD drive stats for Q3 2021 at Backblaze.

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[Navjot Singh]

If only this company cared about other stuff as well as much as they care about this.

 

[Sushubh]

How Long Do Disk Drives Last?

We followed up on our initial drive life study in 2013 with data from over 200,000 disk drives. Read this post to see the latest from our reporting on the life expectancy of the drives in our data centers.

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[Sushubh]

Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021

Understanding our hard drives is key to understanding our company. Read the Backblaze drive stats for 2021 to learn more about our expansions.

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[Sushubh]

The SSD Edition: 2021 Drive Stats Review

Although Backblaze regularly publishes HDD Drive Stats, we’ve also decided to start showing off our SSDs. Learn about the 2021 annual SSD Drive Stats.

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[Sushubh]

Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2022

Backblaze wants to be as transparent as possible with our customers about our business. Here’s what you need to know about our drives in Q1 2022.

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[Sushubh]

Hard Drive Life Expectancy

How long do hard drives last? We looked to the Drive Stats data to find out.

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[Sushubh]

Backblaze Drive Stats for Q2 2022

Read the latest report on the Q2 2022 and lifetime failure rates of our data drives, with insights and observations on the failure rates of the 200,000+ drives in our environment.

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[havoc]

WD Drives look robust. Literally every year is the same story with WD. I'm glad I've chosen WD over Seagate since years 😁

 

[Sushubh]

The SSD Edition: 2022 Drive Stats Mid-year Review

Andy Klein's much anticipated 2022 SSD Midyear Drive Stats Report is here. Read on to see the findings.

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[Sushubh]

Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2022

Q3 2022 Drive Stats: Read the latest insights and check out the data.

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[Sushubh]

The Cost of Hard Drives Over Time

For hard drive prices, the race to zero is over: nobody won. As you’ll see, the hard drive pricing curve has flattened out.

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this is from last month. missed it then i think.

 

[Sushubh]

Backblaze Drive Stats for 2022

Check out the 2022 year-end Drive Stats data, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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The SSD Edition: 2022 Drive Stats Review

Welcome to the SSD Edition of the 2022 Annual Drive Stats Reports. Check out the data and let us know what you think in the comments.

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[Sushubh]

Are Solid State Drives / SSDs More Reliable Than HDDs?

It's good to know the difference between HDDs and SSDs and understand how the different SSD technologies affect reliability.

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[Sushubh]

Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2023

Read the Q1 2023 Drive Stats report, and join the conversation in the comments.

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