It is fair warning. Comparing your average joe's pc to a cloud server storage solution is stupid. They should have everything saved in raid meaning they can lose several drives without losing any data. The home pc is fucked when the hard drive goes out. Recovering that data can be expensive.
It is fair warning. Comparing your average joe's pc to a cloud server storage solution is stupid. They should have everything saved in raid meaning they can lose several drives without losing any data. The home pc is fucked when the hard drive goes out. Recovering that data can be expensive.
Notification is fair enough.
If you're putting messages out that say "The drive has accumulated a large number of power on hours [throughout] the entire life of the drive. Please consider to replace the drive soon" - that's just FUD. 3 years of on-time and warning of failure for a NAS-rated drive is a joke and is a deliberate attempt by WD to sell more drives.
Notification is fair enough.
If you're putting messages out that say "The drive has accumulated a large number of power on hours [throughout] the entire life of the drive. Please consider to replace the drive soon" - that's just FUD. 3 years of on-time and warning of failure for a NAS-rated drive is a joke and is a deliberate attempt by WD to sell more drives.
I agree that their motivation is dubious. But not something to get upset over.
I agree that their motivation is dubious. But not something to get upset over.
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