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    From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Tue Nov 1 15:44:14 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    “Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2022”
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2022/

    “As of the end of Q3 2022, Backblaze was monitoring 230,897 hard drives
    and SSDs in our data centers around the world. Of that number, 4,200 are
    boot drives, with 2,778 SSDs and 1,422 HDDs. The SSDs were previously
    covered in our recently published Midyear SSD Report. Today, we’ll focus
    on the 226,697 data drives under management as we review their quarterly
    and lifetime failure rates as of the end of Q3 2022.”

    “The Quarterly AFR continues to rise: The AFR for Q3 2022 was 1.64%, increasing from 1.46% in Q2 2022 and from 1.10% a year ago. As noted previously, this is related to the aging of the entire drive fleet and
    we would expect this number to go down as older drives are retired and replaced over the next year. A possible harbinger of what is to come can
    be seen in the 16TB models which as a group had an 0.80% AFR in Q3 2022.
    As these drives are used to replace the aging 4TB drives, the quarterly
    AFR should decrease.”

    So, spinning drives in continuous operation start to fail after seven
    years. Interesting.

    Lynn
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  • From Google User@thomas.majer@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Tue Nov 1 20:11:24 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 1:44:16 p.m. UTC-7, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    “Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2022” https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2022/

    “As of the end of Q3 2022, Backblaze was monitoring 230,897 hard drives and SSDs in our data centers around the world. Of that number, 4,200 are boot drives, with 2,778 SSDs and 1,422 HDDs. The SSDs were previously covered in our recently published Midyear SSD Report. Today, we’ll focus on the 226,697 data drives under management as we review their quarterly
    and lifetime failure rates as of the end of Q3 2022.”

    “The Quarterly AFR continues to rise: The AFR for Q3 2022 was 1.64%, increasing from 1.46% in Q2 2022 and from 1.10% a year ago. As noted previously, this is related to the aging of the entire drive fleet and
    we would expect this number to go down as older drives are retired and replaced over the next year. A possible harbinger of what is to come can
    be seen in the 16TB models which as a group had an 0.80% AFR in Q3 2022.
    As these drives are used to replace the aging 4TB drives, the quarterly
    AFR should decrease.”

    So, spinning drives in continuous operation start to fail after seven
    years. Interesting.

    Lynn
    Hey Lynn, this group is dead only a few dinosaurs visit it. Where do we go from here?
    --- Synchronet 3.19c-Linux NewsLink 1.113
  • From Char Jackson@none@none.invalid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Tue Nov 1 23:22:29 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On Tue, 1 Nov 2022 15:44:14 -0500, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2022
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2022/

    As of the end of Q3 2022, Backblaze was monitoring 230,897 hard drives
    and SSDs in our data centers around the world. Of that number, 4,200 are >boot drives, with 2,778 SSDs and 1,422 HDDs. The SSDs were previously >covered in our recently published Midyear SSD Report. Today, well focus
    on the 226,697 data drives under management as we review their quarterly
    and lifetime failure rates as of the end of Q3 2022.

    The Quarterly AFR continues to rise: The AFR for Q3 2022 was 1.64%, >increasing from 1.46% in Q2 2022 and from 1.10% a year ago. As noted >previously, this is related to the aging of the entire drive fleet and
    we would expect this number to go down as older drives are retired and >replaced over the next year. A possible harbinger of what is to come can
    be seen in the 16TB models which as a group had an 0.80% AFR in Q3 2022.
    As these drives are used to replace the aging 4TB drives, the quarterly
    AFR should decrease.

    So, spinning drives in continuous operation start to fail after seven
    years. Interesting.

    As always, the Backblaze info is very interesting. I've got a bunch of
    drives from 2009 that I should keep a close eye on.

    --- Synchronet 3.19c-Linux NewsLink 1.113
  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Wed Nov 2 12:40:08 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On 11/1/2022 10:11 PM, Google User wrote:
    On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 1:44:16 p.m. UTC-7, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    “Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2022”
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2022/

    “As of the end of Q3 2022, Backblaze was monitoring 230,897 hard drives
    and SSDs in our data centers around the world. Of that number, 4,200 are
    boot drives, with 2,778 SSDs and 1,422 HDDs. The SSDs were previously
    covered in our recently published Midyear SSD Report. Today, we’ll focus >> on the 226,697 data drives under management as we review their quarterly
    and lifetime failure rates as of the end of Q3 2022.”

    “The Quarterly AFR continues to rise: The AFR for Q3 2022 was 1.64%,
    increasing from 1.46% in Q2 2022 and from 1.10% a year ago. As noted
    previously, this is related to the aging of the entire drive fleet and
    we would expect this number to go down as older drives are retired and
    replaced over the next year. A possible harbinger of what is to come can
    be seen in the 16TB models which as a group had an 0.80% AFR in Q3 2022.
    As these drives are used to replace the aging 4TB drives, the quarterly
    AFR should decrease.”

    So, spinning drives in continuous operation start to fail after seven
    years. Interesting.

    Lynn
    Hey Lynn, this group is dead only a few dinosaurs visit it. Where do we go from here?

    RRRRooooooaaaaarrrrrr !

    Lynn

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  • From Rod Speed@rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage on Sat Dec 3 11:32:24 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage

    On Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:44:14 +1100, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    “Backblaze Drive Stats for Q3 2022”
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q3-2022/

    “As of the end of Q3 2022, Backblaze was monitoring 230,897 hard drives > and SSDs in our data centers around the world. Of that number, 4,200 are > boot drives, with 2,778 SSDs and 1,422 HDDs. The SSDs were previously > covered in our recently published Midyear SSD Report. Today, we’ll focus > on the 226,697 data drives under management as we review their quarterly > and lifetime failure rates as of the end of Q3 2022.”

    “The Quarterly AFR continues to rise: The AFR for Q3 2022 was 1.64%, > increasing from 1.46% in Q2 2022 and from 1.10% a year ago. As noted > previously, this is related to the aging of the entire drive fleet and > we would expect this number to go down as older drives are retired and > replaced over the next year. A possible harbinger of what is to come can > be seen in the 16TB models which as a group had an 0.80% AFR in Q3 2022. > As these drives are used to replace the aging 4TB drives, the quarterly > AFR should decrease.”

    So, spinning drives in continuous operation start to fail after seven > years. Interesting.
    He isnt really saying that.
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