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Backblaze data shows SSDs have lower failure rates than HDDs

The big picture: A key selling point of solid state drives is that they are less failure-prone than HDDs. However, data from recent years began to cast doubt on that assumption, but at least one new long-term analysis shows this might prove correct as time marches on.

Full story By Daniel Sims , September 14, 2022, 7:39 AM 26 comments

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Puget's reliability report shows nearly flawless record for Samsung SSDs

See what were the most reliable graphics cards, CPUs, and more

By Rob Thubron , January 13, 2022, 6:21 AM 13 comments

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Backblaze's latest storage reliability figures add SSD boot drive failure rates to the mix

As expected, solid state storage fails far less often than mechanical drives

By Humza Aamir , May 7, 2021, 8:52 AM

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Backblaze publishes latest figures for its lifetime HDD failure rates

Annualized failure rate increased by 0.03 percent

By Humza Aamir , November 13, 2019, 10:03 AM 11 comments

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Backblaze publishes HDD reliability stats for Q2 2019

Seagate drives record the highest failure rates across high- and low-capacity disks

By Humza Aamir , August 8, 2019, 8:35 AM 18 comments

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Large-capacity hard drives are holding up well in data centers

More usage time is needed to draw any solid conclusions, however

By Shawn Knight , October 26, 2017, 2:14 PM

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Consumer Reports no longer recommends Microsoft Surface devices due to reliability concerns

By Shawn Knight , August 10, 2017, 1:00 PM 19 comments

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Researchers publish first large-scale, in-field SSD reliability report

By Shawn Knight , June 24, 2015, 8:45 AM

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Weekend tech reading: Q1 HDD reliability stats, why you suck at claw machines, is voicemail dead?

By Matthew DeCarlo , June 14, 2015, 12:00 PM 13 comments