HardwareLobstersabout 2 hours ago
Backblaze Q2 2026 Drive Failure Rates Rise
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Backblaze's Q2 2026 Drive Stats report shows an annualized failure rate of 1.73% across 354,415 hard drives, the highest in recent quarters. Seagate drives had zero and one failures, while three older or low-count models exceeded 6.95% AFR. The lifetime AFR ticked up to 1.41%.
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