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Ages ago had a raid5 with 4 drives. Two WD, a Seagate and a Toshiba. PSU blew up, took the two WDs with it. Game over. Still not sure if the WDs were more sensi

• justsomehnguy 3y ago
  Depends on how they were connected, really. But WD always were quite demanding for the power quality and the amount, ie some drives could work with 11.75 while WD probably wouldn't. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38834108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38834108
  • Dylan16807 3y ago
    You wrote that the bad reputation isn't from the drives themselves, but I consider any drive that turns voltage dips into corruption to be a problem. Especially on the time scale of milliseconds or larger, I expect it to self-monitor and either regulate the voltage or cancel the write attempt.
    • justsomehnguy 3y ago
      5% on a 12v rail is 0.6v Chinesium PSU went way lower than 11v and... would you pay 5% more for the every HDD not to have a problem if your sub $20 PSU is sub $20 one? You quite literally wouldn't jave a problem with any HDD if you invested $20 more in your PSU.
      • Dylan16807 3y ago
        I would pay more for the PSU, but I would also call the hard drive a delicate problem baby and give it a 3 out of 5 review.