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Micron MTFDDAV240TCB 240 GB failure rate and reliability

B Grade B: Good

Backblaze logged 323 drive-years on the Micron MTFDDAV240TCB from Q1 2023 to Q3 2026, with 84 in service at the end of that period. In that time 2 drives failed, an annualised failure rate of 0.62%.

That is 59% lower than the 1.52% average across every drive in the same data, which earns it grade B (good).

Failure rate / year
0.62%
Average, all drives
1.52%
Drives in use
84
Drive-years
323
Failures
2
Capacity
240 GB
Type
SSD
Model number
MTFDDAV240TCB

Failure rate by quarter

QuarterDrive-daysFailuresFailure rate / year
Q1 20237,89814.62%
Q2 20237,83200.00%
Q3 20237,99500.00%
Q4 20237,95014.59%
Q1 20247,82600.00%
Q2 20247,80400.00%
Q3 20247,91200.00%
Q4 20247,91200.00%
Q1 20257,74000.00%
Q2 20257,79000.00%
Q3 20257,90000.00%
Q4 20257,90900.00%
Q1 20267,71700.00%
Q2 20267,77400.00%
Q3 20267,87400.00%

Single quarters with few drive-days swing widely; the overall figure above is the dependable one.