Backblaze hard drive reliability stats for Q3 2016
How are people using Backblaze's excellent hard drive reliability reports in making purchasing decisions?<p>For example when I search for HGST HMS5C4040ALE640 on Amazon I get a dealer selling old out of warrantee drives as new.<p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/HGST-MegaScale-HMS5C4040ALE640-Coolspin-Enterprise/dp/B01K3UV65O" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/HGST-MegaScale-HMS5C4040ALE640-Coolsp...</a><p>I get similar results with many of the other drives listed and with other websites such as NewEgg.