Sure, but your anecdote does not refute in any way that they can fail. It’s all about risk vs. overhead of avoiding that risk. The overhead of pushing often is

Sure, but your anecdote does not refute in any way that they can fail. It’s all about risk vs. overhead of avoiding that risk. The overhead of pushing often is very low, so even with the low probability of a drive failure, there’s not much reason to not do so (or any other form of backup, really).