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Hidden Killers in Your AI Cloud Bill: 5 Reasons Why Costs Spiral

2025-05-30

AI workloads are different from typical enterprise apps, leading to unexpectedly high cloud storage costs due to massive data processing and frequent operations. This article unveils five culprits: 1. Excessive API calls; 2. A multitude of small files; 3. Cold storage's incompatibility with iterative AI workflows; 4. Data egress fees; and 5. Poorly configured data lifecycle rules. These hidden costs often go unnoticed, resulting in exploding bills. The article urges developers to optimize data storage and transfer, choosing storage strategies better suited for AI workloads to effectively manage costs.

Backblaze's SSD vs. HDD Reliability Showdown: The Verdict is...

2025-02-19

Backblaze conducted a long-term reliability study comparing SSDs and HDDs in their data centers. Initial data suggested significantly lower failure rates for SSDs, but this was skewed by the much shorter operational lifespan of SSDs and varying drive-day counts. Retrospectively analyzing HDD data to match SSD age and usage revealed comparable failure rates between the two. Long-term data shows HDD failure rates increase dramatically with age, while the future trend for SSDs remains unclear. Currently, using failure rate as the sole deciding factor when choosing between SSDs and HDDs is questionable; cost, speed, and other factors should weigh heavier in your decision.

Backblaze's 2024 Hard Drive Failure Rate Report: 24TB Drives Shine

2025-02-11

Backblaze released its Q4 2024 hard drive failure rate report, covering over 300,000 drives. The overall failure rate dropped to 1.35%, with 24TB Seagate drives boasting zero failures in Q4. 4TB drives are nearing extinction, being replaced by 20TB, 22TB, and 24TB models. The report analyzes failure rate trends across manufacturers and drive capacities, offering insights for users. The author also announced their retirement, with a new team taking over future reports.