Thanks and that's a GREAT idea for some detailed analysis. I have been trying to make better use of the 5+ years of status page history stashed in the cupboard.

This is something I'd totally read.

(You should headhunt the guy at BackBlaze who does their hard drive stats blog posts, and release this data analysis quarterly!)

Yev from Backblaze here -> please do not do this, we really like him.

How about:

(You should contact the guy at BackBlaze who does their hard drive stats blog posts, and pay him to do this for you as a side hustle - and release this data analysis quarterly!)

:-)

Yeah I think the backblaze does great work for backblaze for their hard drive report I can’t wait for him to talk about the WD SMR fiasco!

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