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NilsG
Aug 10, 2013Aspirant
My WD RED WD30EFRX experience
2 out of six WD30EFRX has failed- this is my third year with readynas ultra6 - and this disks are the first to fail on me. All other disks have not been on the HCL. This time I wanted to be smart and ...
StephenB
Aug 10, 2013Guru - Experienced User
I also bought mine over time, and I haven't seen any problems at all. BTW, WD's RMA policy seems about the same as Seagate's.
I agree with mdgm that it is early days, my oldest Red drive has ~8000 hours on it.
My main advice though is that you should have an independent backup of your data.
I agree with mdgm that it is early days, my oldest Red drive has ~8000 hours on it.
My main advice though is that you should have an independent backup of your data.
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