Generally the larger disks have similar failure rates to smaller onces, which means that, if you’re running a storage array, increasing the number of drives actually increases your chances of experiencing a failure, even assuming the best case that drive failures are statistically independent events, which they are not.
Larger drives also make keeping full backups much easier (i.e. entire backup fits on a single disk, which makes it easier to make and store).
As an aside, these huge HDD sizes are cool and all, but it’s soooooo much data to trust on one or two drives, it’s wild
I’m not alone. 🫠
Generally the larger disks have similar failure rates to smaller onces, which means that, if you’re running a storage array, increasing the number of drives actually increases your chances of experiencing a failure, even assuming the best case that drive failures are statistically independent events, which they are not.
Larger drives also make keeping full backups much easier (i.e. entire backup fits on a single disk, which makes it easier to make and store).