• 4grams
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    6 months ago

    Bought some of the old versions for backup drives. That was a mistake.

      • KaRunChiy
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        106 months ago

        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

        • @fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org
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          26 months ago

          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.

          • 4grams
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            26 months ago

            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.

        • 4grams
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          26 months ago

          Bingo. Sorry, had typed a reply about my failure rate and difficulties getting an RMA but forgot to submit.

      • 4grams
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        26 months ago

        Not exactly reliable and less than easy rma process.

        Sorry, had typed this and forgotten to hit submit :(