Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2019

[UsandThem]

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-stats-for-2019/

They experienced an increase in overall drive failures in 2019. One area that stood out to me the most in the report was:

The total AFR for 2019 rose significantly in 2019. About 75% of the different drive models experienced a rise in AFR from 2018 to 2019. There are two primary drivers behind this rise. First, the 8 TB drives as a group seem to be having a mid-life crisis as they get older, with each model exhibiting their highest failure rates recorded. While none of the rates is cause for worry, they contribute roughly one fourth (1/4) of the drive days to the total, so any rise in their failure rate will affect the total. The second factor is the Seagate 12 TB drives, this issue is being aggressively addressed by the 12 TB migration project reported on previously.

 

[aigomorla]

You see this is why i dump'd seagate, and is exclusively committed to HGST, especially the (He) helium line.
Not even WD can touch those numbers, even tho they own HGST, which makes no sense to me.