Yes their failure rates are usually a bit higher, but usually less than the increase in rate from using more than one disk instead. A bit of math can be done using Backblaze’s disk failure rate data to get a reasonable approximation of the overall risk of failure.
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You’re assuming that the failure rate for drives are all the same though. Aren’t the failure rates for new high capacity drives typically higher?
Yes their failure rates are usually a bit higher, but usually less than the increase in rate from using more than one disk instead. A bit of math can be done using Backblaze’s disk failure rate data to get a reasonable approximation of the overall risk of failure.