For the past 10 years, Backblaze has collected SMART statistics and failure data for over 250,000 hard drives and SSDs. Over that time, for over 100+ drive models, we have reported on drive failure rates as it relates to drive size, manufacturer, temperature, drive class, drive type and more. For this session will deliver our latest research on these attributes including any relevant trends and observations. We will also look at the efforts of data scientists as they utilize the Backblaze Drive Stats data in combination with machine learning and AI technologies to predict drive failure that is statistically accurate and time relevant. Finally, we'll look at how analyzing this data can economically optimize your storage infrastructure.
What 10 Years of Drive Stats Data Can Tell Us
Mon Sep 18 | 2:30pm
Location:
Salon VI, Salon VII
Abstract
Learning Objectives
- Understand the hard drive based factors at play in economically managing exabytes of data storage
- Learn the factors relevant to hard drive failure and see if such failure is truly predictable in a timely manner
- Gain useable insights into the reliability of hard drives and SSDs in a cloud storage environment
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Andrew Klein
Backblaze
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