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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 ...
I have been using the WD20EADS drives for about a year and a half with no problems. I did have to use a DOS program to set the parameters to the following-TLER ON & WDIDLE /D. I did this to eliminate escalating LLCs and as best I can tell the only difference between these drives is these settings and of course a 2 to 2.5 premium for the enterprise drives. I think most of the differences are marketing hype but to each his own.
hope this helps.
bigbearf
hope this helps.
bigbearf
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