Bingo. Sorry, had typed a reply about my failure rate and difficulties getting an RMA but forgot to submit.
Comment on After 7-Year Hiatus, Western Digital Unveils 6TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drives
KaRunChiy@kbin.run 1 month 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
4grams@awful.systems 1 month ago
fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month 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@awful.systems 1 month 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.