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		londons_explore on Sept 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My 71 TiB ZFS NAS After 10 Years and Zero Drive Fa... Software bugs might cause that (eg. drive fails after exactly 1 billion IOPS due to some counter overflowing). But hardware wear probably won't be as consistent.

lazide on Sept 14, 2024 [–]

That depends entirely on how good their Q&A and manufacturing quality is - the better it is, the more likely eh?

Especially in an array where it’s possible every drive operation will be identical between 2 or 3 different drives.

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