So far, so good for newly deployed 14TB HDDs in Backblaze’s latest reliability report

So far, so good for newly deployed 14TB HDDs in Backblaze’s latest reliability report

5 years ago
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https://www.pcgamer.com/so-far-so-good-for-newly-deployed-14tb-hdds-in-backblazes-latest-reliability-report/

Little by little, cloud backup provider Backblaze has been upgrading its storage pods with larger capacity hard drives, and so far things have been going smoothly. In several previous reliability reports the company published, 8TB, 10TB, and 12TB models have proven durable. More recently, Backblaze added some 14TB HDDs to the mix, and those are off to strong starts as well.

It's still early to make any kind of definitive judgement, but of the 20 Toshiba 14TB (model MG07ACA14TA) it added in the second quarter, not a single one has failed so far. They've only been in service for three weeks though, so the next reliability report will offer a better (albeit still limited) picture.