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Sure, that would make sense if they only had personnel in the datacenter once a month, but: "we replace about 10 drives every day" [1]. [1] https://www.backbla
by DanWaterworth 11y ago
Sure, that would make sense if they only had personnel in the datacenter once a month, but: "we replace about 10 drives every day" [1].
[1] https://www.backblaze.com/blog/vault-cloud-storage-architecture/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/vault-cloud-storage-architect...
- DanWaterworth 11y agoTo clarify, I'm not saying that they wouldn't be better off with an SSD boot drive. I'm arguing that having an HDD boot drive, given their setup, isn't awful.