Backblaze monitored 263,992 hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) in Q3 2023. The quarterly AFR dropped to 1.47%, down from 2.2% in Q2. Six different drive models had zero failures in Q3. New data fields - datacenter, cluster_id, and pod_slot_num - were added in Q3 2023.
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Q3 2023 Hard Drive Failure RatesA Hot Summer and the Drive Stats DataNew Drive Stats Data Fields in Q3Failure Rates by Data CenterLifetime Hard Drive Failure RatesThe Hard Drive Stats DataSort: