Backblaze Drive Stats for 2022
Backblaze has stated in a blog post that they purchase drives in large quantities direct from manufacturers and negotiate for good prices. Backblaze says that a model of drive which is significantly cheaper and somewhat less reliable can be ok for them.<p>This means that these stats may not be a very meaningful indication when purchasing a few drives from a retailer.<p>Never the less, the world is full of situations where you have to make choices with insufficient data. I'm still going to prefer to avoid Seagate hard drives where practical.