Comment Comment by kube-system It sounds like cost is the primary factor, but diversity can also help mitigate the risk of unknown bugs.Lets say you found that HPE SSDs were super reliable over your test period so you decided to put everything on a bunch of new drives.Then this hits, and 100% of your drives fail at the same time: https://www.pcmag.com/news/time-to-patch-hpe-ssds-will-fail-...While these stats are a great analysis of random failures -- that's only one type of risk. parent kube-system 6 years ago
Lets say you found that HPE SSDs were super reliable over your test period so you decided to put everything on a bunch of new drives.
Then this hits, and 100% of your drives fail at the same time: https://www.pcmag.com/news/time-to-patch-hpe-ssds-will-fail-...
While these stats are a great analysis of random failures -- that's only one type of risk.