Yev from Backblaze here -> Yes, we tend to weigh heavily in favor of price and Seagate thus far as been affordable with performance that meets our requirements,

Yev from Backblaze here -> Yes, we tend to weigh heavily in favor of price and Seagate thus far as been affordable with performance that meets our requirements, so that's why you'll see those drives in higher numbers. We're also trying to diversify our fleet a bit, so it's not purely one vendor, but we do try to keep an eye on cost since we run a pretty lean ship!