{"id":457875,"date":"2022-08-27T12:59:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T10:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=457875"},"modified":"2022-08-27T13:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T11:00:29","slug":"most-reliable-hard-drives-in-the-world-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/457875-most-reliable-hard-drives-in-the-world-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Most reliable hard drives in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze has released its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q2-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drive Stats report<\/a><\/strong> for the second quarter of 2022, giving useful data on the performance of the hard drives it uses in data centres across the world.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of June 2022, Backblaze was monitoring 219,444 hard drives and SSDs in its data centres.<\/p>\n<p>The company removed 4,020 boot drives and 413 drives that were used for testing purposes or did not meet monitoring parameters, ending up with a total of 215,011 drives in its sample.<\/p>\n<p>The cloud storage and backup company measured reliability using an annualised failure rate (AFR) for each drive.<\/p>\n<p>AFR is calculated using the number of drive failures relative to the number of active drive days for each disk.<\/p>\n<p>Backblaze\u2019s report shows five drive models that recorded zero failures during the second quarter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HGST 8TB drive (model: HUH728080ALE604)<\/li>\n<li>Toshiba 4TB drive (model: MD04ABA400V)<\/li>\n<li>Toshiba 14TB drive (model: MG07ACA14TEY)<\/li>\n<li>Toshiba 16TB (model: MG08ACA16TA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The WDC 16TB drive (model: WUH721816ALE6L4) is the only device with one recorded drive failure.<\/p>\n<p>Backblaze said the Toshiba 4TB drive (model: MD04ABA400V) is the second oldest drive in their sample, sitting at an average age of 86.7 months.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its age, the 4TB Toshiba had no failures in Q2, with the last failure recorded in Q2 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The previous most reliable drive was Seagate\u2019s 6TB (model: ST6000DX000), which recorded its first failure since Q3 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven this is the oldest drive model in our fleet with an average age of 86.7 months of service, a failure or two is expected,\u201d Backblaze said.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the 4TB Seagate drives with an average age of 80.3 months had consistent increases in quarterly failure rate over the last four quarters to 3.42% in Q2 2022.<\/p>\n<p>After accounting for a minimum drive days number of one million, Backblaze\u2019s simplified lifetime hard drive failure rate table showed the drives with the highest AFRs.<\/p>\n<p>The three drives with the highest lifetime annualised failure rates are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seagate 8TB drive (model: ST8000NM0055)<\/li>\n<li>Seagate 12TB drive (model: ST12000NM0007)<\/li>\n<li>Toshiba 14TB drive (model: MG07ACA14TA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The table below shows the most reliable mechanical hard drives as monitored by Backblaze in Q2 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Model<\/th>\n<th>Drive Size<\/th>\n<th>Drive Count<\/th>\n<th>Avg Age (months)<\/th>\n<th>Drive Days<\/th>\n<th>Drive Failures<\/th>\n<th>Annualised Failure Rate<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.8); text-align: center;\" colspan=\"9\"><strong>4TB Hard Drives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toshiba MD04ABA400V<\/td>\n<td>4TB<\/td>\n<td>97<\/td>\n<td>85.3<\/td>\n<td>8,730<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>0.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HGST HMS5C4040BLE640<\/td>\n<td>4TB<\/td>\n<td>12,728<\/td>\n<td>68.2<\/td>\n<td>1,154,012<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>0.57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HGST HMS5C4040ALE640<\/td>\n<td>4TB<\/td>\n<td>3,664<\/td>\n<td>71.4<\/td>\n<td>325,695<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>1.46%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST4000DM000<\/td>\n<td>4TB<\/td>\n<td>18,359<\/td>\n<td>80.3<\/td>\n<td>1,662,649<\/td>\n<td>156<\/td>\n<td>3.42%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.8); text-align: center;\" colspan=\"9\"><strong>6TB Hard Drives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST6000DX000<\/td>\n<td>6TB<\/td>\n<td>886<\/td>\n<td>86.7<\/td>\n<td>80,626<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.8); text-align: center;\" colspan=\"9\"><strong>8TB Hard Drives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HGST HUH728080ALE604<\/td>\n<td>8TB<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>61.9<\/td>\n<td>6,846<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>0.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HGST HUH728080ALE600<\/td>\n<td>8TB<\/td>\n<td>1,126<\/td>\n<td>50.5<\/td>\n<td>101,318<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>1.08%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST8000DM002<\/td>\n<td>8TB<\/td>\n<td>9,630<\/td>\n<td>68.6<\/td>\n<td>872,039<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>2.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST8000NM0055<\/td>\n<td>8TB<\/td>\n<td>14,370<\/td>\n<td>58.1<\/td>\n<td>1,294,335<\/td>\n<td>79<\/td>\n<td>2.23%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.8); text-align: center;\" colspan=\"9\"><strong>10TB Hard Drives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST10000NM0086<\/td>\n<td>10TB<\/td>\n<td>1,180<\/td>\n<td>55.8<\/td>\n<td>106,596<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>3.08%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.8); text-align: center;\" colspan=\"9\"><strong>12TB Hard Drives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HGST HUH721212ALE600<\/td>\n<td>12TB<\/td>\n<td>2,605<\/td>\n<td>32.9<\/td>\n<td>234,867<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HGST HUH721212ALE604<\/td>\n<td>12TB<\/td>\n<td>13,138<\/td>\n<td>15.3<\/td>\n<td>1,186,624<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>0.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HGST HUH721212ALN604<\/td>\n<td>12TB<\/td>\n<td>10,802<\/td>\n<td>38.9<\/td>\n<td>972,567<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>0.60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST12000NM0008<\/td>\n<td>12TB<\/td>\n<td>20,033<\/td>\n<td>27.0<\/td>\n<td>1,812,740<\/td>\n<td>108<\/td>\n<td>2.17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST12000NM001G<\/td>\n<td>12TB<\/td>\n<td>12,389<\/td>\n<td>19.4<\/td>\n<td>1,111,321<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>1.15%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST12000NM0007<\/td>\n<td>12TB<\/td>\n<td>1,288<\/td>\n<td>31.7<\/td>\n<td>116,642<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>5.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.8); text-align: center;\" colspan=\"9\"><strong>14TB Hard Drives<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toshiba MG07ACA14TEY<\/td>\n<td>14TB<\/td>\n<td>501<\/td>\n<td>16.6<\/td>\n<td>44,174<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>0.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WDC WUH721414ALE6L4<\/td>\n<td>14TB<\/td>\n<td>8,408<\/td>\n<td>37.4<\/td>\n<td>761,275<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toshiba MG07ACA14TA<\/td>\n<td>14TB<\/td>\n<td>38,205<\/td>\n<td>20.1<\/td>\n<td>3,455,150<\/td>\n<td>97<\/td>\n<td>1.02%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST14000NM001G<\/td>\n<td>14TB<\/td>\n<td>10,728<\/td>\n<td>17.0<\/td>\n<td>970,470<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<td>1.05%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST14000NM0138<\/td>\n<td>14TB<\/td>\n<td>1,571<\/td>\n<td>18.8<\/td>\n<td>142,330<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>5.64%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: rgba(204, 204, 204, 0.8); text-align: center;\" colspan=\"9\"><strong>16TB Hard Drive<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toshiba MG0BACA16TA<\/td>\n<td>16TB<\/td>\n<td>2,488<\/td>\n<td>2.0<\/td>\n<td>32,064<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>0.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toshiba MG0BACA16TEY<\/td>\n<td>16TB<\/td>\n<td>4,032<\/td>\n<td>9.4<\/td>\n<td>299,701<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WDC WUH721816ALE6L0<\/td>\n<td>16TB<\/td>\n<td>2,702<\/td>\n<td>17.5<\/td>\n<td>242,077<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0.30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WDC WUH721816ALE6L4<\/td>\n<td>16TB<\/td>\n<td>1,199<\/td>\n<td>9.0<\/td>\n<td>107,979<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0.34%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Seagate ST16000NM001G<\/td>\n<td>16TB<\/td>\n<td>16,860<\/td>\n<td>8.9<\/td>\n<td>1,393,804<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toshiba MG0BACA16TE<\/td>\n<td>16TB<\/td>\n<td>5,946<\/td>\n<td>8.7<\/td>\n<td>536,234<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td>2.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/457163-playing-janet-jackson-music-video-crashed-hard-drives-in-nearby-computers.html\">Playing Janet Jackson music video crashed hard drives in nearby computers<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backblaze&#8217;s quarterly Drive stats report for Q2 2022 shows some of the most reliable enterprise hard drives on the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341094,"featured_media":457885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[23339,71324,3384,35,31226,6070,733,2118],"class_list":["post-457875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-backblaze","tag-drive-stats","tag-hard-drives","tag-headline","tag-hgst","tag-seagate","tag-toshiba","tag-western-digital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341094"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458269,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457875\/revisions\/458269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}