Quarterly Hard Drive Failure Rates for Q2 2017

Observation period: 4/1/2017 - 6/30/2017

Drive
MFG Model Size Count Drive Days Failures
HGST HDS5C3030ALA630 3TB 1,735 255,180 3
HGST HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 8,570 776,072 7
HGST HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB 16,168 ### 21
HGST HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 2,623 238,732 1
HGST HUH728080ALE600 8TB 45 213 0
Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB 34,412 ### 279
Seagate ST4000DM001 4TB 400 5,998 5
Seagate ST4000DX000 4TB 157 15,023 13
Seagate ST6000DX000 6TB 1,884 171,677 7
Seagate ST8000DM002 8TB 9,870 897,916 24
Seagate ST8000NM0055 8TB 6,054 330,217 14
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB 40 3,807 0
Toshiba MD04ABA400V 4TB 146 13,286 0
Toshiba MD04ABA500V 5TB 45 4,095 0
WDC WD30EFRX 3TB 513 60,414 2
WDC WD40EFRX 4TB 46 4,186 0
WDC WD60EFRX 6TB 443 40,313 0
or Q2 2017
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Failure Q2Q
Rate Trend
0.43%
0.33%
0.55%
0.15%
0.00%
3.25%
30.43% n/a
31.58%
1.49%
0.98%
1.55%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
1.21%
0.00%
0.00%
 Cumulative Hard Drive Failure Rates
Observation period: April 2013 - June 2017

Drive Drive Drive Annualized

MFG Models Size Count Days Failures Failure Rate
HGST HDS5C3030ALA630 3 TB 1,735 6,583,679 148 0.82%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3 TB 40 72,299 7 3.53%
WDC WD30EFRX 3 TB 513 1,187,126 170 5.23%
3 TB Totals 2,288 7,843,104 325 1.51%

HGST HDS5C4040ALE630 4 TB 106 55,146 4 2.65%

HGST HDS724040ALE640 4 TB 40 54,868 2 1.33%
HGST HMS5C4040ALE640 4 TB 8,569 7,493,425 121 0.59%
HGST HMS5C4040BLE640 4 TB 16,168 6,618,884 106 0.58%
HGST HDS5C4040ALE630 4 TB 2,623 3,824,329 87 0.83%
Seagate ST4000DM000 4 TB 34,411 29,075,882 2,331 2.93%
Seagate ST4000DM001 4 TB 400 5,598 5 32.60%
Seagate ST4000DX000 4 TB 158 269,104 64 8.68%
Toshiba MD04ABA400V 4 TB 146 114,859 4 1.27%
WDC WD40EFRX 4 TB 46 54,826 3 2.00%
4 TB Models 62,667 47,566,921 2,727 2.09%

Toshiba MD04ABA500V 5 TB 45 37,980 2 1.92%

5 TB Models 45 37,980 2 1.92%
Seagate ST6000DX000 6 TB 1,884 1,538,782 53 1.26%
WDC WD60EFRX 6 TB 443 419,465 56 4.87%
6 TB Models 2,327 1,958,247 109 2.03%

HGST HUH728080ALE600 8 TB 45 38,968 2 1.87%

Seagate ST8000DM002 8 TB 9,870 2,779,593 90 1.18%
Seagate ST8000NM0055 8 TB 6,054 363,282 16 1.61%
8 TB Totals 15,969 3,181,843 108 1.24%

All current drives totals 83,296 60,588,095 3,271 1.97%

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Confidence Interval
Low High
0.70% 1.00%
1.40% 7.30%
4.50% 6.10%

0.70% 6.80%
0.20% 4.80%
0.50% 0.70%
0.50% 0.70%
0.70% 1.00%
2.80% 3.00%
10.60% 76.10%
6.70% 11.10%
0.30% 3.30%
0.40% 5.80%

0.20% 6.90%

0.90% 1.60%
3.70% 6.30%

0.20% 6.80%
1.00% 1.50%
0.90% 2.60%