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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 ...
Well, I bought 3 seagate drives so I now have 3 Seagate + 3 WD ... actually I have a 4th WD, which was the source of the original problem when I tried to add it. Anyway, if another WD fails, I will RMA it (again) and replace it with a different brand. I currently have it set up to have 2 disk overhead so I should be able to withstand the loss of two disks. Just hope I don't have to test it. And this time I am backing up, even though I have to do it piecemeal with a variety of 1TB USB drives.
If it were a matter of paying a little more for an appreciable quality jump I would, but it's more like 4x the price, and I can't tell if the enterprise drives are any more reliable.
If it were a matter of paying a little more for an appreciable quality jump I would, but it's more like 4x the price, and I can't tell if the enterprise drives are any more reliable.
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