Anyone else have a similar experience with one of these drives?

  • Axel Gembe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We just lost 3TB of data because we didn’t back it up and stored it on cheap NAND flash

    FTFY

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      Someone didn’t read the story. This is about a known firmware fault that the company is doing its best not to keep quiet. Don’t help them in that work

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          There is absolutely nothing to say that the author didn’t have it backed up. He still lost 3TB of files from a new drive which was a replacement sent by the company, with a known fault supposedly fixed.

          “Herp derp he should have backed up” is not the takeaway here”

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          So because backups exist, everyone should be okay with buying bad hardware?

          I know you’re not actually saying that, but countering “this is a known firmware fault” with a reminder that backups should be done sure makes it look like you’re saying that. There’s still value in making sure consumers’ money goes to products that last.

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            i think it’s the “we just lost 3TB of data” part… either the headline is hyperbole, in which case screw the clickbaint… or they lost 3TB of data which is always a good time to remind people that cheap NAND flash is cheap NAND flash

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          1 year ago

          Still, if SSDs fail repeatedly, something’s not right. That’s the point of the article