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  • "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein

    From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Tue Feb 1 13:13:54 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/

    "In 2021, Backblaze added 40,460 hard drives and as of December 31,
    2021, we had 206,928 drives under management. Of that number, there were
    3,760 boot drives and 203,168 data drives. This report will focus on our
    data drives. We will review the hard drive failure rates for 2021,
    compare those rates to previous years, and present the lifetime failure statistics for all the hard drive models active in our data center as of
    the end of 2021. Along the way, we share our observations and insights
    on the data presented and, as always, we look forward to you doing the
    same in the comments section at the end of the post."

    WDC drives rule baby !

    Lynn
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  • From Char Jackson@none@none.invalid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Tue Feb 1 20:08:43 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 13:13:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/

    "In 2021, Backblaze added 40,460 hard drives and as of December 31,
    2021, we had 206,928 drives under management. Of that number, there were >3,760 boot drives and 203,168 data drives. This report will focus on our >data drives. We will review the hard drive failure rates for 2021,
    compare those rates to previous years, and present the lifetime failure >statistics for all the hard drive models active in our data center as of
    the end of 2021. Along the way, we share our observations and insights
    on the data presented and, as always, we look forward to you doing the
    same in the comments section at the end of the post."

    WDC drives rule baby !

    As always, thanks for posting this info and thanks for including the
    link to the complete story. It's always a great read.

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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@toylet.toylet@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Thu Feb 3 00:16:19 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/
    ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Wed Feb 2 19:50:36 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 2/2/2022 10:16 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
         https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/
    ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

    They also have WDC 16 TB drives now too.

    Lynn

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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Wed Feb 2 19:50:50 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 2/1/2022 8:08 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
    On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 13:13:54 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/

    "In 2021, Backblaze added 40,460 hard drives and as of December 31,
    2021, we had 206,928 drives under management. Of that number, there were
    3,760 boot drives and 203,168 data drives. This report will focus on our
    data drives. We will review the hard drive failure rates for 2021,
    compare those rates to previous years, and present the lifetime failure
    statistics for all the hard drive models active in our data center as of
    the end of 2021. Along the way, we share our observations and insights
    on the data presented and, as always, we look forward to you doing the
    same in the comments section at the end of the post."

    WDC drives rule baby !

    As always, thanks for posting this info and thanks for including the
    link to the complete story. It's always a great read.

    You are welcome.

    Lynn


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  • From ant@ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Thu Feb 3 12:48:35 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 10:16 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
         https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/
    ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

    They also have WDC 16 TB drives now too.

    Who here is getting it? ;)
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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Thu Feb 3 21:17:18 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 2/3/2022 12:48 PM, Ant wrote:
    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 10:16 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
         https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/ >>>> ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

    They also have WDC 16 TB drives now too.

    Who here is getting it? ;)

    Only $380 for a WD Red 16 TB ! They have 18 TB drives also.

    https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-16TB-Internal-Drive/dp/B08K3VVKSW/

    Lynn
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  • From Char Jackson@none@none.invalid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Thu Feb 3 21:42:23 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:17:18 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/3/2022 12:48 PM, Ant wrote:
    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 10:16 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
         https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/ >>>>> ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

    They also have WDC 16 TB drives now too.

    Who here is getting it? ;)

    Only $380 for a WD Red 16 TB ! They have 18 TB drives also.

    https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-16TB-Internal-Drive/dp/B08K3VVKSW/

    I picked up a pair of WD 14 TB drives for $199/ea just after
    Thanksgiving. Storage is finally becoming affordable.

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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@toylet.toylet@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Fri Feb 4 21:15:30 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 3/2/2022 9:50, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 10:16 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
         https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/ >>> ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

    They also have WDC 16 TB drives now too.

    I don't know how both companies share engineering stuffs....



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  • From ant@ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Fri Feb 4 09:19:00 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:17:18 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 2/3/2022 12:48 PM, Ant wrote:
    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 10:16 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
         https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/ >>>>> ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

    They also have WDC 16 TB drives now too.

    Who here is getting it? ;)

    Only $380 for a WD Red 16 TB ! They have 18 TB drives also.

    https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-16TB-Internal-Drive/dp/B08K3VVKSW/

    I picked up a pair of WD 14 TB drives for $199/ea just after
    Thanksgiving. Storage is finally becoming affordable.

    When will we get affordable 14 TB SSDs? :P
    --
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    Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly.
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  • From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Fri Feb 4 10:57:46 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 2/4/2022 10:19 AM, Ant wrote:
    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
    On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:17:18 -0600, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 2/3/2022 12:48 PM, Ant wrote:
    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 10:16 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
         https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/
    ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

    They also have WDC 16 TB drives now too.

    Who here is getting it? ;)

    Only $380 for a WD Red 16 TB ! They have 18 TB drives also.

    https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-16TB-Internal-Drive/dp/B08K3VVKSW/

    I picked up a pair of WD 14 TB drives for $199/ea just after
    Thanksgiving. Storage is finally becoming affordable.

    When will we get affordable 14 TB SSDs? :P


    If my local computer store has an 8TB SSD for $1000,
    a 14TB won't be that expensive. $2000 ought to cover it.
    If your computer has $40000 of RAM in it, you can
    afford a $2000 SSD, right ?

    Paul
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  • From Paul@nospam@needed.invalid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Fri Feb 4 10:59:08 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 2/4/2022 8:15 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 3/2/2022 9:50, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 10:16 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
    On 2/2/2022 3:13, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Backblaze Drive Stats for 2021" by Andy Klein
          https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-2021/ >>>> ,,,
    WDC drives rule baby !

    You meant HGST? :)

    They also have WDC 16 TB drives now too.

    I don't know how both companies share engineering stuffs....

    The HGST engineers came from IBM.

    They arrived in cardboard boxes.

    Paul
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  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@toylet.toylet@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Sat Feb 5 00:35:06 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 4/2/2022 23:59, Paul wrote:

    I don't know how both companies share engineering stuffs....

    The HGST engineers came from IBM.

    They arrived in cardboard boxes.

    Um... B for Business.... secrets? :)
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  • From Neill Massello@nmassello@yahoo.com to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Sat Feb 5 03:19:51 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 2022-02-04 at 08:59:08 MST, "Paul" <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:

    The HGST engineers came from IBM.

    They arrived in cardboard boxes.

    And it took IBM 18 months to design the boxes.
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  • From David Lesher@wb8foz@panix.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Sat Apr 2 20:31:13 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) writes:

    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:

    I picked up a pair of WD 14 TB drives for $199/ea just after
    Thanksgiving. Storage is finally becoming affordable.

    Hope they ain't shingled.

    When will we get affordable 14 TB SSDs? :P

    When the fabs stop making cell phones fo a while.
    --
    A host is a host from coast to coast...............wb8foz@panix.com
    & no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
    Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
    is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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  • From Char Jackson@none@none.invalid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Sun Apr 3 00:51:57 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 20:31:13 -0000 (UTC), David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com>
    wrote:

    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:

    I picked up a pair of WD 14 TB drives for $199/ea just after
    Thanksgiving. Storage is finally becoming affordable.

    Hope they ain't shingled.

    When I checked, WD said they don't make a 14TB SMR drive, so no worries.

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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Mon Apr 11 15:42:15 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 4/3/2022 12:51 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
    On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 20:31:13 -0000 (UTC), David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:

    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote: >>
    I picked up a pair of WD 14 TB drives for $199/ea just after
    Thanksgiving. Storage is finally becoming affordable.

    Hope they ain't shingled.

    When I checked, WD said they don't make a 14TB SMR drive, so no worries.

    Isn't the biggest SMR drive 6 TB ?

    Lynn


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  • From Char Jackson@none@none.invalid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt on Mon Apr 11 23:53:24 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:42:15 -0500, Lynn McGuire
    <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 4/3/2022 12:51 AM, Char Jackson wrote:
    On Sat, 2 Apr 2022 20:31:13 -0000 (UTC), David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com>
    wrote:

    In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:

    I picked up a pair of WD 14 TB drives for $199/ea just after
    Thanksgiving. Storage is finally becoming affordable.

    Hope they ain't shingled.

    When I checked, WD said they don't make a 14TB SMR drive, so no worries.

    Isn't the biggest SMR drive 6 TB ?

    That's my understanding. I may have used this pdf doc but when I looked
    just now, I see that there are other WD resources that say the same
    thing. The Note at the bottom indicates that these are all of the SMR
    drives, noting that all other drives are CMR.

    https://blog.westerndigital.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/WD_SMR_SKUs_vDS.pdf

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