Average Annual Rate of Hard Drive Failure Stats for 2022 are out
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Kaarme
The Seagate 1500 drives is a pretty decent sample size already. The HGST one looks bad because all the drives were only put in use last year, yet already over 5% failed. It was a small sample size, so it certainly suggests it's either a bad batch or there's a design error.
jose2016
Seagate a bit disappointing
rl66
SHS
geogan
These stats are skewed by those drives reported as failed but which actually did not actually fail at all, but were replaced in data-center for a new drive anyway, because those working there for minimum wages take the drives out, report them as failed, and sell the drives themselves on second-hand market... its an easy scam and very profitable one 😉
WhiteLightning
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Seagate has the reputation of being crap. for at least over a decade already. That does deserve a award i think!