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Solid state drives (SSDs) are very different from hard drives (HDs). Western Digital still seems decent when it comes to hard drives at least in some categorie
by _mlbt 2y ago
Solid state drives (SSDs) are very different from hard drives (HDs).
Western Digital still seems decent when it comes to hard drives at least in some categories...
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q1-2024/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-drive-stats-for-q1-...
- AlexandrB 2y agoEven if their quality is alright they seem to enjoy lying to their customers. First they "submarined" SMR into their NAS drives[1], then they started shipping 7200rpm drives as "5400rpm class" drives to cover up performance regression (while increasing power draw)[2]. I wouldn't trust any spec WD puts out about their drives. [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/caveat-emptor-smr-disks-are-being-submarined-into-unexpected-channels/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/caveat-emptor-smr-di... [2] https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ikk0rv/psa_multiple_wd_5400rpm_drives_are_actually/ https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ikk0rv/psa_mul...
- eqvinox 2y agoThe key thing with WD is to not buy actual WD drives, but rather the originally HGST/IBM ones ("WUH…" part number). It seems they still haven't assimilated that company purchase on the technical side, and those drives seem pretty good (according to Backblaze stats at least.)