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Actually I think you’re missing the point entirely. I have a 4 bay NAS that I use to back up all of my and my fiancé’s media so losing a phone isn't a catastrop

Actually I think you’re missing the point entirely. I have a 4 bay NAS that I use to back up all of my and my fiancé’s media so losing a phone isn't a catastrophe. I’m trusting that the NAS will actually rebuild in the event of a drive failure or it provides very little actual protection. WD shipped drives which were very unlikely to rebuild successfully. The upshot of that is that they lied to me and as a consequence have placed priceless data at risk from a drive failure. And had I known that I wouldn’t have bought their drives, so I’m materially harmed by it. I don’t shuck drives, I buy through retail channels like Newegg. I think you’re getting downvoted because you don’t understand the gravity of the problem and your victim blaming. Otherwise there’s nothing to disagree with because what you’re saying isn’t really supported in fact.

washadjeffmad 6y ago
Thanks for helping me understand the demographic affected. This isn't a rebuttal, but I hope you don't lose anything, so you should know that a NAS is not a backup. They provide redundancy and availability, but no number or type of disks will save your data from being lost in a fire or flood if you keep it all in one place. SMR drives, if you know what you're buying them for, are perfect for backups and write few, read many applications, which it kind of sounds like you want. They're not inferior or at premature risk of failure, just specialized. Also, I'm not saying you have no right to be unhappy with finding out why, but were you really dissatisfied with the performance of your NAS before these hyperbolic exposes went out?