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What makes this worse is, AFAIK, HDDs follow the bathtub curve for failure rates. Did it fail in the first 6-8 months? No? Then it's likely good for most of a d

by xethos 3y ago

What makes this worse is, AFAIK, HDDs follow the bathtub curve for failure rates. Did it fail in the first 6-8 months? No? Then it's likely good for most of a decade, at least (barring nothing egregious like physical abuse). Western Digital continues to justify my stance of "Don't buy WD".

sp332 3y ago
They have a 5-year warranty! (The Red Pro ones do at least.) And this failure mode makes it impossible to rebuild a degraded array if you have one of these drives in that's 4 years old.
- AndrewDavis 3y ago
  Warranties vary based on line. I bought a Red Plus drive last week and it is 3 years, the blue is 2 years.
- sidewndr46 3y ago
  Having dealt with WD's warranty process once, I pledged myself never to deal with that again. After dealing with a broken web-form, I got charged $380 for a non-existent warranty replacement drive. When I disputed the charge on my credit card, I got a phone call from some mid-level executive who apparently was pissed their number was given as a point of contact. When I tried to explain the problem, they insisted I owed them $20 for returning the drive "late". Probably the worst technology company I have ever dealt with.
willis936 3y ago
I have had a dozen hard drives and nearly half of them failed within 5 years. I would not consider hard drives safe for a decade of use. SSDs are likely much better.
- mistrial9 3y ago
  opposite experience here.. set the sleep to a reasonable value, keep the temperatures and power stable, and the better quality spinning disks (7200rpm) are great. I have had three SSDs fail without warning in the same time period, supposedly better quality SSDs.
  - xhkkffbf 3y ago
    Me too. Flash is a great technology, but it tends to forget things, especially if there's no power applied to it.
    - willis936 3y ago
      That's fine, but online MTBF is much shorter for hard drives than flash. If you don't use your computers then hard drives make for better cold storage.
- hulitu 3y ago
  I have drives from 2008 and 2011 which are still going fine.(WD black, and Samsung)

by xethos 3y ago

sp332 3y ago

They have a 5-year warranty! (The Red Pro ones do at least.) And this failure mode makes it impossible to rebuild a degraded array if you have one of these drives in that's 4 years old.

AndrewDavis 3y ago
Warranties vary based on line. I bought a Red Plus drive last week and it is 3 years, the blue is 2 years.
sidewndr46 3y ago
Having dealt with WD's warranty process once, I pledged myself never to deal with that again. After dealing with a broken web-form, I got charged $380 for a non-existent warranty replacement drive. When I disputed the charge on my credit card, I got a phone call from some mid-level executive who apparently was pissed their number was given as a point of contact. When I tried to explain the problem, they insisted I owed them $20 for returning the drive "late". Probably the worst technology company I have ever dealt with.

willis936 3y ago

I have had a dozen hard drives and nearly half of them failed within 5 years. I would not consider hard drives safe for a decade of use. SSDs are likely much better.

mistrial9 3y ago
opposite experience here.. set the sleep to a reasonable value, keep the temperatures and power stable, and the better quality spinning disks (7200rpm) are great. I have had three SSDs fail without warning in the same time period, supposedly better quality SSDs.
- xhkkffbf 3y ago
  Me too. Flash is a great technology, but it tends to forget things, especially if there's no power applied to it.
  - willis936 3y ago
    That's fine, but online MTBF is much shorter for hard drives than flash. If you don't use your computers then hard drives make for better cold storage.
hulitu 3y ago
I have drives from 2008 and 2011 which are still going fine.(WD black, and Samsung)