Thread regarding Seagate Technology Inc. layoffs

@2qmo - thanks for that link. that study looks shady at best.

Thanks for the link to tweaktown. Backblazes methods do appear to be in question.

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/6028/dispelling-backblaze-s-hdd-reliability-myth-the-real-story-covered/index.html

So who debunked Backblaze? Do you have a source(s)? If so, please provide them here.

Backblaze has already been debunked as being unreliable in their reporting. The drives they are using are mostly standard consumer grade products and not models specifically designed for server environments. Also the images they've provided of the server racks or cases they use show the drives are improperly mounted with no consideration for cooling or vibration dampening.

Backblaze reporting should be viewed as 'alternative facts' only.

Full report: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-benchmark-stats-2016/

amazon reviews seem to back that up. They should stop ship and recall it if they cared.