ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoNot Dead Yet: WD Releases New 6TB 2.5-Inch External Hard Drives - First Upgrade in Seven Yearswww.anandtech.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareKaRunChiy@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months 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
minus-squarefatalError@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoMy 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.
why?
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
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.