How long do hard drives actually live for?

[voodoo_]

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/170748-how-long-do-hard-drives-actually-live-for

 

Backblaze, an unlimited online backup company that keeps 25,000 hard drives spinning at all time, has published its results on hard drive lifespan — and it makes for very interesting reading indeed.

Backblaze has kept up to 25,000 hard drives constantly online for the last four years. Every time a drive fails, they note it down, then slot in a replacement. After four years, Backblaze now has some amazing data and graphs that detail the failure rate of hard drives over the first four years of their life.

If you buy a hard drive today, there’s a 90% chance that it will survive for three years. If your drive makes it to the three-year point, you would be wise to back up your data, as there’s a 12% chance per year that your drive will die. It’s worth noting that these figures are for internal hard drives: External hard drives, for a large number of factors, may not last as long (though if you only plug it in every few days to back your data up, it might last longer). It’s also worth mentioning that Backblaze’s drives are spinning constantly — these failure rates are for drives that are turned on 24/7. Your home computer probably isn’t powered up 24/7, and thus the drives may last longer.

 

 

[Dule_smor]

Meni ovaj riknuo juce posle 8 godina, nek mu je laka zemlja:(

[Lucky]

Dobar info ali isto tako 3 godine je baš kratko, ali ako su 24/7 ima smisla. 

Meni je do sada riknulo nekoliko hardova ali ovi iz novije garniture se drže, pu pu pu da ih ne ureknem.

[MikacNS]

Meni u zivotu nije riknuo hard, a komp mi je ukljucen 24/7 poslednjih ~10 godina :)