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You picked a weird place to reply, because that comment is just saying what "cycle" means.

But yes, I've done the math. I'm just going with the BB numbers here, and after a few years it adds up. The way I understand "peace of mind", you can't have it with a single drive. Nice and simple.

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I assume by "cycle" they are referring to mtbf/afr

I am reasonably confident that "time for the cycle to repeat" is the cycle of purchasing a new drive and moving to it.

Whether that's right or wrong, when I talked about 5% failure chance per cycle that's what I meant. And 5% is probably an underestimate.

Ahh. That % would depend on fleet size. AFR should be under 1% for most drives.

I'm estimating about five years, and the context is a single drive.

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