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minus-squareKaRunChiy@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoVery high failure rate. even sony 2.5’s have a similar rate of death. For some reason this form factor is just terrible for longevity
minus-square4grams@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoBingo. Sorry, had typed a reply about my failure rate and difficulties getting an RMA but forgot to submit.
minus-squarefatalError@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoMy bet is on density. You cram so much in such a tiny space, so any tiny imperfection or fault will corrupt the data or render the drive unusable.
minus-square4grams@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoAt the time it was fine. I had an array of 4tb drives that I was backing up with a series of 5gb drives. They were just so unreliable; all but one failed while the array they backed up is still spinning strong.
Very high failure rate. even sony 2.5’s have a similar rate of death. For some reason this form factor is just terrible for longevity
Bingo. Sorry, had typed a reply about my failure rate and difficulties getting an RMA but forgot to submit.
My bet is on density. You cram so much in such a tiny space, so any tiny imperfection or fault will corrupt the data or render the drive unusable.
At the time it was fine. I had an array of 4tb drives that I was backing up with a series of 5gb drives. They were just so unreliable; all but one failed while the array they backed up is still spinning strong.