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If you read the article, the first paragraph explains that this was the replacement drive that WD sent him when his previous one failed. So it’s at least 2 dri

by MR4D 3y ago

If you read the article, the first paragraph explains that this was the replacement drive that WD sent him when his previous one failed. So it’s at least 2 drives in a row in a short period of time. Statistically that will happen, but it’s like gambling - if you win too much you get shot.

bcrl 3y ago
Which points to a firmware bug in the SSD that the use-case managed to trigger repeatedly. Firmware bugs were around in abundance when performant SSDs first came to market more than a decade ago, and while manufacturers have gotten better at testing SSD firmware, it is still inevitable that bugs will occasionally make it into shipping hardware. Moral of the story: don't trust your valued data to any one storage device. I've tried to use drives from different vendors in RAID 1 mirrors to minimize exposure to firmware bugs, and I've still seen SSDs die at unexpected times in the last few years.