Backblaze is one of the internet’s newest and youngest cloud storage providers, having based their business model for their service around the use of cheap, replaceable hard drives in order to cut down on running costs for the business. Every year they take the data they collect on drive failures and running lifetimes and compile them into a report for consumers to look at and analyse. Past reports have shown up issues that some hard drive manufacturers have had with some product lines and it also paints big neon signs around specific drive sizes that may be good enough for general consumer use, but are to be avoided for any mission-critical operations.
