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Backblaze latest drive performance blog
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auntjemima
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Hi.
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Why, hello there!
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https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-life-expectancy/
I'll help him out since it's hard to comment since he didn't post the link.
I'll help him out since it's hard to comment since he didn't post the link.
Ooops. Big ooops. "Senior moment."
The 3 and 4tb HGSTs really are a work of art In terms of reliability. The used drives pulled from datacenters will probably outlast new ones, I‘m loading data today in a secondary backup rig using ones already used sometimes as much as 7 years after I bought them used already. 9 times out of 10 if I get anything spitting an error its the backplane, a cable or some software issue and not the drive itself. It seems these drives will likely last to a point of functional obsolescence (for a hard drive Inconsider that the point where an SSD reaches a suitable replacement cost or you can replace 4 or so at a comparable price to buying a new drive).