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Warning: WD20EADS Unreliable
I know that the WD 2TB EADS drive is listed on the compatibility list, but after just having multiple simultaneous drive failures with 3 month old drives I would caution anyone against using these. I ...
@akeiler: I did not, and I am not sure how I would do that. Is that something enabled by jumpers on the drive, or is it through the Frontview interface? I would be interested to know. Anyway, my RMA drives have arrived and I am getting ready to rebuild the array, however I am mixing in some seagate drives as well. I will not rely on all WD drives again, at least not in this class. Notably, none of my drives failed SMART tests even though they failed the WD diagnostic test for too many bad sectors. Also notable, all of my drives failed right at the 4 month mark, which is similar to other posters.
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