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Seagate ST16000NM005G 16 TB failure rate and reliability

– Not graded: too little data

Backblaze logged 94 drive-years on the Seagate ST16000NM005G from Q1 2023 to Q3 2026, with 25 in service at the end of that period. In that time 0 drives failed, an annualised failure rate of 0.00%.

That is too little running time to grade: we require 100,000 drive-days, and this model has 34,345. Treat the rate as a rough indication only.

Failure rate / year
0.00%
Average, all drives
1.52%
Drives in use
25
Drive-years
94
Failures
0
Capacity
16 TB
Type
HDD
Model number
ST16000NM005G

Failure rate by quarter

QuarterDrive-daysFailuresFailure rate / year
Q1 20232,31400.00%
Q2 20232,31400.00%
Q3 20232,36600.00%
Q4 20232,34000.00%
Q1 20242,36600.00%
Q2 20242,27000.00%
Q3 20242,30000.00%
Q4 20242,12500.00%
Q1 20252,25000.00%
Q2 20252,27500.00%
Q3 20252,30000.00%
Q4 20252,30000.00%
Q1 20262,25000.00%
Q2 20262,27500.00%
Q3 20262,30000.00%

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

All 16 TB hard drives compared

GradeModelTypeSizeFailure rate / yearDrives in useDrive-yearsFailures
A Seagate ST16000NM002J HDD 16 TB 0.56% 463 1,607 9
B Western Digital WUH721816ALE6L4 HDD 16 TB 0.60% 26,751 87,781 529
B Seagate ST16000NM001G HDD 16 TB 0.62% 35,594 117,216 725
B Toshiba MG08ACA16TA HDD 16 TB 1.03% 38,772 121,800 1,260
B Toshiba MG08ACA16TE HDD 16 TB 1.14% 6,170 22,458 257
C Toshiba MG09ACA16TE HDD 16 TB 1.71% 1,009 703 12
C Western Digital WUH721816ALE6L0 HDD 16 TB 1.81% 2,896 10,953 198
D Toshiba MG08ACA16TEY HDD 16 TB 2.91% 4,767 19,015 554
– Seagate ST16000NM000J HDD 16 TB 2.23% 171 269 6
– Seagate ST16000NM005G HDD 16 TB 0.00% 25 94 0
– Toshiba MG11ACA16TE HDD 16 TB 0.00% 76 34 0