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It is worth considering that the use-case of Backblaze is different from the average end-user. No power on/off cycles, no physical impacts to worry about (even
by volkl48 9y ago
It is worth considering that the use-case of Backblaze is different from the average end-user.
No power on/off cycles, no physical impacts to worry about (even most desktops occasionally get bumped into), but non-stop operation and presumably near continuous read/write operations.
You'll likely get different failure patterns as a result.
- 15155 9y ago> but non-stop operation and presumably near continuous read/write operations. I thought it would be more like: continuous writes until full, and then likely a handful of reads for the rest of that drive's life.
- metalliqaz 9y agoNot if they're in service of B2.