I trust the Reds. Although, as someone else just said, it's an anecdote, not real data like the Backblaze report. I started my NAS in 2012 with two 2 TB Red dr

I trust the Reds. Although, as someone else just said, it's an anecdote, not real data like the Backblaze report. I started my NAS in 2012 with two 2 TB Red drives. Later I added two 6 TB Red drives. Some time, around 2016 I think, one of the 2 TB Reds failed and I replaced it with another 6 TB. Then the other 2 TB Red failed, like a year later and I put in another 6 TB so they all matched. I did not get replacements even though one failed during its warranty period (I am pretty sure the 2 TB Reds still had a 5-yr warranty at that time), because I wanted to replace it with a 6 TB anyway. Currently all four 6 TB drives are still running, plus a couple of 4 TB Toshibas I grabbed at some point. So, I don't think that drive failure after 4 or 5 years is so bad. I got my money's worth anyway, and that's why a NAS has redundant drives.