Some real life hard disk reliability statistics

[jaclaz]

Here:

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-for-q2-2015/

 

The way the data is represented makes IMHO not much sense, but the "general trends" are nonetheless clear.

 

jaclaz

[Tripredacus]

Its interesting that Hitachi (powered by WD) disks are more reliable than WDs on their own.

[dencorso]

When talking about this, the classic Google study remains a cornerstone reference, despite having aged somewhat: Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population.