How long do disk drives really last?

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Well, the data isn’t quite ready. It turns out that Backblaze – of open source storagepod fame – are only five years old and don’t have enough failed drives to give us a definitive answer, yet.

But the answers they do have are worth considering. 75 PB is a large sample.

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Story added 13. November 2013, content source with full text you can find at link above.