Category: Storage

An initial look into the failure rate of Helium-Filled hard drives. Are they more reliable in the long run? Initial findings from Backblaze: when comparing helium and air-filled drives with similar usage, looks like the helium-filled drives have a lower Annualized Failure Rate. Source: Do Helium-Filled Hard Drives Perform Better Than Air-Filled Drives?  

Folks at Backblaze has done their hard drive reliability benchmark statistics up to Q2 2017. Taking a look at the statistics by manufacturer, looks like HGST is the most reliable one. Source: Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2017

We take a deep dive on hard drive performance stats from 73,653 hard drives. What are the most reliable hard drives by size, manufacturer, and model? Folks at Backblaze has done their hard drive reliability benchmark statistics for 2016. Taking a look at the statistics by manufacturer, looks like HGST is the most reliable one.… Continue reading 2016 Hard Drive Reliabilty Benchmark Stats

Looks like the high capacity hard disk from Seagate is getting more reliable, see the hard disk failure report from Backbkaze: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q3-2016/

61,590 hard drives were used in our data center during Q1, 2016. We take a deep dive into the usage to see what we can learn about their performance. The folks at Backblaze has provided an updated report on their hard drives usage statistics for 2016. This is a good reference for those that are… Continue reading 2016 Hard Drive Review: Testing 61,590 Hard Drives

Looking to buy a hard drive, take a look at the following article on hard drive reliability by Backblaze. Summary: Looks like HGST has the lowest failure rate In 2015 we ran 56,224 hard drives in our datacenter.  In this post we review the reliability of the Seagate, HGST, Toshiba, and Western Digital drives. Source:… Continue reading Hard Drive Reliability – 2015 Update

   University of Southhampton has developed a glass disc technology that can store data up to 13.8 billion years! See the following article from The Verge: 5 dimensional glass

Thinking of purchasing a hard disk for backup? Check out the hard disk failure comparison below from backblaze. What is the best hard drive?

Do you know the difference between GUID Partition Table (GUID)  and Master Boot Record (MBR) when you partition your hard drive? Let’s find out in the following article from How-To Geek: What’s the Difference Between GPT and MBR When Partitioning a Drive?.