Drives fail. And no matter how many backups you have, losing a drive when you're in the middle of working on something important -- my namesake's law -- can be a real pain in the arse. Thankfully, replacing your old-and-busted drive with a brand-new drive is one of the easiest upgrades you can make.

Every year, backup service Backblaze takes a look at failure rates amongst the hard drives in its data centres. This year's no different, and they have got all kinds of stats for all kinds of drive.