<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div>On Sep 8, 2016, at 18:21, <<a href="mailto:js573712@gmail.com">js573712@gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:js573712@gmail.com">js573712@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>...</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br>AFAIK you'll have a hard time finding anything but anecdotal evidence about which brands / models last longer. I know some sys admins like to space out their HDD orders because they know some batches are bound to be bad.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Backblaze has been publishing[1] their quarterly drive reliability data for awhile now. It's not apples-to-apples for Tom's case because you're comparing different form factors and a different use case, but the data is interesting nonetheless.<br><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q2-2016/">https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-failure-rates-q2-2016/</a></div></body></html>