schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1428arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: hackernews
arrow-up1425arrow-down1external-linkGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoI only wanted it for a Jellyfin drive. The one thing it could have been useful for and it even failed at that. Seems like you need to pay the extra for an Ironwolf drive to get an actual “just like the good old days” HDD.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes, buy NAS or enterprise drives for a NAS, don’t buy consumer drives.
I only wanted it for a Jellyfin drive. The one thing it could have been useful for and it even failed at that.
Seems like you need to pay the extra for an Ironwolf drive to get an actual “just like the good old days” HDD.
Yes, buy NAS or enterprise drives for a NAS, don’t buy consumer drives.