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It's more than rare, it seems that you're the only real-world, large-scale source on a lot of the topics you've been covering. I may not work in IT but I crave
by cc439 12y ago
It's more than rare, it seems that you're the only real-world, large-scale source on a lot of the topics you've been covering.
I may not work in IT but I crave well-written accounts of technical problem solving. Yours are among the most interesting as you're so open about sharing details that no one else would consider releasing.
- brianwski 12y agoBrian from Backblaze here. Awww, you are so kind you make us blush. :-) I do wonder why big companies like Google and Yahoo and Apple don't release more interesting statistics on drive failure. I've heard many people assume they are getting some sweet pricing on hard drives with an agreement never to release those numbers. But if that were true, why won't Seagate or Western Digital or HGST ever give Backblaze a deal to shut us up? Those three companies have refuse to sell to Backblaze "directly" (their business plan is to sell to distributors like Ingram who mark up the product and sell it to NewEgg who marks up the product and sells to Backblaze). I assure you, there are no backroom undisclosed pricing deals for Backblaze. So I suspect Google and Apple pay retail drive prices also, and is not disclosing drive failure rates because they don't see the profit in it?