Backblaze Q3 2025 Hard Drive Failure Statistics and Analysis
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Summary
Backblaze's Q3 2025 Drive Stats report analyzes hard drive failure data from their 332,915 drives under management, including 3,970 boot drives and 328,348 data drives. The report examines failure rates and discusses the philosophical question of what constitutes a drive failure - whether it's the actual hardware failure or the moment it's declared failed. The article provides statistical analysis of drive performance while exploring the definition of failure in data storage systems.
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What does it really mean for a hard drive to fail? Is it the moment the lights go out, or the moment we decide they have?
As of June 30, 2025, we had 332,915 drives under management. Of that total, there were 3,970 boot drives and 328,348 data drives.
Philosophers might call that an ontological gray area. We just call it Q3.
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