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cornishpixels · 2020-03-26 20:04:53+00:00

You should read the rest of the thread. It's likely a completely different drive.

dotancohen | karma 9525 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2022-05-25 01:36:38

That's a completely different market, to which are marketed different drives.

pedrocr | karma 7200 | avg karma 3.62 · | 2020-04-15 11:37:22+00:00

They're the same company but not (yet?) the same drives.

tyingq | karma 59102 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2020-01-20 16:59:35+00:00

It's somewhat implied it was one specific WD consumer drive model.

vizzier | karma 284 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2021-08-26 13:27:18

Linus Tech Tips recently did a video on this practice[1]. Almost every major component was changed but still sold as the same drive. In summary, performance was different though not necessarily in a major negative way. In this case it was an ADATA NVME drive.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K07sEM6y4Uc

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nwh | karma 5848 | avg karma 3.22 · | 2013-10-18 11:24:00

Could be a completely different company and model of storage.

cbetti | karma 98 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2022-03-16 09:00:03

Is this a non-sequitur or are you trying to somehow explain the difference between the two drives noted in the comment you are replying to?

whitepoplar | karma 4791 | avg karma 5.15 · | 2018-11-06 13:29:58

The hardware isn't identical. Hetzner is known for having more drive failures than is typical as a result of replacing failing drives with "refurbished" ones.

jl6 | karma 16859 | avg karma 5.37 · | 2016-03-14 20:00:51+00:00

But that's not an SMR drive.

jtxt | karma 252 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2022-05-24 16:52:18

Seems like it may be a decent "harder drive". https://youtu.be/JcJSW7Rprio

js2 | karma 29275 | avg karma 4.69 · | 2022-10-28 08:50:11

The latter. The case design clearly doesn’t lend itself to replacing drives.

https://old.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/ydollm/so_i_got_a_...

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Wowfunhappy | karma 27196 | avg karma 3.43 · | 2020-04-24 20:42:54+00:00

Dang, this is confusing, but it shouldn't be a dupe even though the URL is the same!

WD added new information. Their previous post didn't say which drives actually used SMR, and took a considerably different tone.

Why WD decided to keep the same URL is anyone's guess, but it's different content now.

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rektide | karma 9514 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2021-06-07 04:49:08

I could have sworn it was a similar 1.5TB drive that most infamous. Ah well.

fjsolwmv | karma 848 | avg karma 0.49 · | 2018-06-30 03:34:56+00:00

What was this drive?

Sami_Lehtinen | karma 15812 | avg karma 6.15 · | 2013-12-18 09:04:53

Totally misleading post title, if you can read drive... It isn't dead... Got it?

muro | karma 1140 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2024-02-15 04:39:20

Could be Seagate and SanDisk too ...

zargon | karma 1584 | avg karma 3.11 · | 2022-02-21 15:18:28

The "EVO Pro" error was made by the OP. So it would be nice to know which drive OP actually tested.

prvc | karma 2437 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2022-08-18 07:29:50

Well, the specific model of HDD hasn't been mentioned yet as far as I can tell.

cmdrfred | karma 1797 | avg karma 0.87 · | 2014-10-06 20:27:41+00:00

Thats all well and good, Provided you know I have one of these drives. I wouldn't exactly advertise that fact.

bitJericho | karma 1832 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2012-10-09 13:22:24+00:00

I'd be shocked if they were not the same drives you buy from a supplier.