> Am I misreading the data (Cumulative 2013->2017) or something? Yes. Per the description, that table is only drives that remain in service as of 2017. Ther

> Am I misreading the data (Cumulative 2013->2017) or something? Yes. Per the description, that table is only drives that remain in service as of 2017. There have been "troublesome" Seagate models that failed at such high rates that Backblaze finally just pre-emptively pulled them, and those drives are not in the "cumulative" table they show in the OP. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/3tb-hard-drive-failure/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/3tb-hard-drive-failure/ > Maybe I'm misreading something, but it looks from their data that the major Seagate issues have been put behind them now? That's what people said after the 7200.11 series. And after the 1.5 TBs shit the bed. And after the 3 TBs shit the bed. They're good for a while, then Seagate releases yet another model that shits the bed. You can actually see that in the link above. > While this particular 3TB model had a painfully high rate of failure, subsequent Seagate models such as their 4TB drive, model: ST4000DM000, are performing well with an annualized 2014 failure rate of just 2.6% as of December 31, 2014. These drives come with 3-year warranties and show no signs of hitting the wall. 2 years later they've released two new 4 TB models that fail at 50-100x the norm again.