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  • pepis@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have about a dozen dead wd white labels, all clicked/faulted right around the 3-5 year mark. (Out of 41 disks across 3 servers).

    Looking back, the small discount from shucking was not worth it in long run. These are subpar drives.

    Just my personal two cents.

    • indie_airship@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah before shucking got popular the white labels were helium filled and the 14tb and 10tb drives required the 3 pin tape mod on all my evga and Corsair psus. I won’t be buying wd to shuck again. I’ve had good luck with seagate expansion drives which are actually labeled exos or ironwolfs which are supported with firmware updates from seagate. Warranty claims also isn’t an issue I worry about with seagate.

      I’m coming up to the 4 year mark on my wd white labels and they’re a hassle.

    • Jr712@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I have 8 WD whitelabels that are all around 5 years old. None dead yet but I may have just gotten lucky so far. I’m going to buy 2 of these to start replacing the old ones.

    • ZorbaTHut@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Honestly at this point I’m buying used drives. I have redundancy anyway, and if I get a 50% discount for buying used and have to buy 10% more drives for extra redundancy, that still comes up Milhouse.

    • OnceUponCheeseDanish@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      So for someone who currently relies on external drives, you wouldn’t recommend this? Would that be all WD easystores or just the 18tb? I’ve still got a ways to go before migrating to internals so I can’t really afford much more than the $200 thus far

    • M4Lki3r@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      This is all anecdotal evidence.

      I’ve got 8-8TB, 8-12TB, and 3-14TB drives (all white label shucks) bought between 7yrs ago and now. The 8TBs were all bought over 5yrs and no failures. I’ve had 1 -12TB die recently, it was at the 3yr mark.

    • doodlebro@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I think you have environmental issues at play. That failure rate is incredibly abnormal.

      • porksandwich9113@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I agree. 2x6tb, 2x10tb, 8x8 going strong for 6 years 24/7 operation now. All easy store shucks. I just installed 8 18tb from server parts deals in my new NAS as well no issues a few weeks in.

      • r34p3rex@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Agreed. Many of my shucks are over the 3 year mark with the oldest approaching 7 years, powered on 24/7 and never spun down. None show any signs of degradation

      • HaussingHippo@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        By environmental issues do you mean the condition of where the hardrives are being stored? As in if heat is too high or too much humidity in the air around the machine?

    • ketosisrunner@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I have 2x8TB, 2x10TB 2x12TB, 2x18TB and 14TB, all shucked. No issues. the 8TB’s are at 6 years powered on too.

    • fxcking_hostile@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve got 10 drives 5 8 tb going on 6 years and 5 14 tb going on 5 years had 1 8tb develop a bunch of write errors at around 5 years in imo they have been worth the money they have been running 24/7 in my main unraid server

  • ArmchairNeckbeard@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I bought two. One to give me room for another 900 movies on Plex and another to back them up. I should be good for awhile.

  • jszair_p@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Setting up my first NAS (synology). This or recertified Exo for the same price and warranty?

  • h3110m0t0@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    so are these drives worth it? I mean the price is nice but is the quality worth it?

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    I’m interested but don’t want something to die out. I suppose my other question is what is normal life expectancy if 4/5 years is considered bad.

  • devilscabinet@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Mine came in late last week. I hooked it up yesterday, and it is making an incessant clacking noise, so I’m returning it.

    • Celcius_87@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I returned the 14TB I bought last weekend and bought this one today instead. I’d recommend doing the same!

  • edgan@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    It is somewhat tempting, but I bought six 18tb drives a few years ago. I have already replaced half of them. My nine 8tb drives have been much more reliable.