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3 drive failures w/in 10 days of 4.2.22 upgrade? #19570015
Within two days of upgrading my Ultra 6 with 6 2 TB drives in it to 4.2.22, it marked a drive dead. I always keep a spare so I swapped the drive out and completed a cross-ship RMA with Seagate. Befo...
I have noticed an increased number of posts of users who believe drive failures can be attributed to a recent firmware upgrade - on all platforms.
I am certainly not aware of any reason for this to be the case other than pure coincidence. There will always be a number of users who experience drive failures at or shortly after a firmware upgrade.
These are the same users who are also then more likely to post about their woes - reinforcing the belief in other unlucky users that the firmware is to blame.
I have upgraded to 4.2.22 on my Ultra 6 plus and to 4.1.10 on my NV+.
I have a total of 9 drives running. No failures.
I am certainly not aware of any reason for this to be the case other than pure coincidence. There will always be a number of users who experience drive failures at or shortly after a firmware upgrade.
These are the same users who are also then more likely to post about their woes - reinforcing the belief in other unlucky users that the firmware is to blame.
I have upgraded to 4.2.22 on my Ultra 6 plus and to 4.1.10 on my NV+.
I have a total of 9 drives running. No failures.
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