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Backblaze drive report q3 2025 snapshot
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Backblaze Q3 2025 Drive Stats: Failure Rates Climb, Outliers Emerge, and AI Workloads Reshape Infrastructure

Backblaze has published its Q3 2025 Drive Stats and Network Stats reports, offering another data-rich look at the health and performance of its massive cloud storage infrastructure. With 332,915 drives under management as of September 30 (including 328,348 active data drives), this quarter’s analysis highlights key reliability trends, an increase in overall failure rates, and