Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years
Not Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Years
After all this time, the company has added an additional terabyte to its external drives.
![After 7-Year Hiatus, Western Digital Unveils 6TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drives](https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/ae474bfc-e4ae-4d92-abf5-90fc98a86365.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
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Bought some of the old versions for backup drives. That was a mistake.
14 1 Replywhy?
9 0 ReplyVery 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
10 0 ReplyBingo. Sorry, had typed a reply about my failure rate and difficulties getting an RMA but forgot to submit.
2 0 ReplyMy 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.
2 0 ReplyAt 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.
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Not exactly reliable and less than easy rma process.
Sorry, had typed this and forgotten to hit submit :(
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