Thanks for this. Although it makes some important points, it reads as if the author is annoyed that backblaze's data from tens of thousands of drives is getting so much press, compared to the rather useless single drive reviews published by sites like tweak town.
It's also a bit disingenuous to criticize back blaze's methodology when you know that a 'comprehensive study' under more controlled conditions will NEVER actually happen with the necessary sample size to draw conclusions.
Stress testing is a valid methodology for determining reliability - eg car makers crash their cars into walls at high speed to make sure they are safe, or use a robot to push the brake pedal a million times to see when it fails - so they hardly deserve criticism for pushing the drives hard. More information for the consumer is a good thing.
It's also a bit disingenuous to criticize back blaze's methodology when you know that a 'comprehensive study' under more controlled conditions will NEVER actually happen with the necessary sample size to draw conclusions.
Stress testing is a valid methodology for determining reliability - eg car makers crash their cars into walls at high speed to make sure they are safe, or use a robot to push the brake pedal a million times to see when it fails - so they hardly deserve criticism for pushing the drives hard. More information for the consumer is a good thing.