At 10:02 AM -0800 11/14/2013, Bill Spencer wrote:
In case anyone had any doubts...
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/how-long-can-you-reasonably-expect-your-hard-drive-to-last
which links to
http://blog.backblaze.com/2013/11/12/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/
Interesting reads, but they don't mention specific manufacturers or
drive models. The picture they give of the drive market *as a whole*
is about what we'd expect: some infant mortality, a decent mid life,
then a slide into death... But without manufacturer specifics, what
does that information mean?
We know that Backblaze buys consumer grade drives in bulk. But
that's all we know. We don't know what grade drive, warranties, etc.
It would be much more useful to have a breakdown by manufacturererer
etc. Then we could draw some real conclusions, to make better
purchasing choices. :\
- Dan.
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