Gnubyte@lemdit.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoSanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD sayarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1634arrow-down1external-linkSanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD sayarstechnica.comGnubyte@lemdit.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square96fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarenurple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·10 months agoSo far these issues only apply to these specific SSDs … fingers crossed it stays that way, because like you I’ve got a number of WD HDDs in my life.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 months agoWD got in trouble not too long ago for deceptively marketing shingled drives as conventional. Back to back issues like this is going to leave a lasting impression on the kinds of people who buy drives.
minus-squarenurple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoI agree, I don’t buy WD drives any more. But I don’t want to replace the ones I already have unless it’s necessary.
minus-squareJuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoExcept their enterprise drives, of course. Because those customers have the resources to get even.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 months ago“so far” is the operative word. You really don’t want to discover you’re suddenly part of the 2024 list of drives that also are corrupt.
minus-squarexantoxis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI think the key thing here is that older drives you already own are probably ok. At least if they’re a year old or so.
So far these issues only apply to these specific SSDs … fingers crossed it stays that way, because like you I’ve got a number of WD HDDs in my life.
WD got in trouble not too long ago for deceptively marketing shingled drives as conventional. Back to back issues like this is going to leave a lasting impression on the kinds of people who buy drives.
I agree, I don’t buy WD drives any more. But I don’t want to replace the ones I already have unless it’s necessary.
Except their enterprise drives, of course. Because those customers have the resources to get even.
“so far” is the operative word.
You really don’t want to discover you’re suddenly part of the 2024 list of drives that also are corrupt.
I think the key thing here is that older drives you already own are probably ok. At least if they’re a year old or so.