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Julien Roy wrote: |
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> This is exactly what happened to me. I unknowingly bought SMR drives |
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> (I didn't know the difference, but the drives were "RAID" rated, |
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> whatever that means. SMR drives obviously aren't "RAID" anything.) |
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> Well, when was the time to expand my RAID, it wouldn't work. |
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> Needless to say, I will not be buying any product from WD anymore. |
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> Julien |
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From my understanding, it wasn't just WD. I don't think any of them |
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alerted people as to what they were getting. I recently bought a WD and |
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will again because I could have easily bought a Seagate or any other |
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brand that was SMR without knowing it. WD just so happened to be the |
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first one I found with a good price is all. |
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Still, I don't like that any of them pulled this stealth release tho. |
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For most, it most likely didn't matter but for some, it was a disaster. |
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Possibly a costly disaster at that. |
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We learned tho. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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