To be clear, this could still be the case–but thus far, it doesn’t seem to be true when comparing two specific models of Seagate 8TB HDD. Hard drive manufacturers go to the trouble to spec these drives with different capabilities, after all, and this could have meant that some consumer drives fail more quickly when tasked with enterprise-class workloads, while enterprise drives might prove more reliable in these same conditions. One of the difficulties of drawing on Backblaze’s data when investigating drive reliability is that consumer and enterprise drives are designed for different workloads and may have different components or supported operating conditions. Recent data from the company suggests that while Seagate 8TB enterprise drives may have several features that set them apart from their consumer-grade counterparts, reliability may not be among them.īefore we hit the data, let’s talk some background. While it’s always important to take these kinds of reports with a grain of salt, Backblaze’s previous reports have been a good way to measure whether drive failures are increasing or decreasing, and how various drive families are performing over time as they age out. For the last few years, the cloud backup provider Backblaze has published data on its hard drive usage and reliability stats.
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