Enterprise class HDD failure rate quantified

[lazlo.vii]

Here is a simple and short article detailing the failure rates of popular Enterprise class hard disk drives:

https://blocksandfiles.com/2019/08/08/backblaze-reveals-hdd-failure-rates/

And the long and detailed article:

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-q2-2019/

I hope this helps my fellow Funtoo users when deciding what new hardware to buy.

[stamasd]

The linked article "why hard drives fail" from the above fails to mention one of the most frequent failure modes that I have observed with my usage: the SATA connectors breaking after only 2-3 uses due to poor plastics used. Sometimes they can be repaired (on one drive I cut the end of a SATA cable and soldered the wires directly to the drive's PCB) but sometimes they're not.