rvr2k3 Platinum Member Sep 7, 2003 2,000 0 76 Nov 13, 2010 #51 Loaded two of them into Synology DS211j. 2 TB of redundancy.......
flood Diamond Member Oct 17, 1999 4,213 0 76 Nov 13, 2010 #52 Redundancy only goes so far. Both my drives failed within 24hrs.
WhoBeDaPlaya Diamond Member Sep 15, 2000 7,414 401 126 Nov 13, 2010 #53 Deal is deag and so is 1 of my 3 drives (DOA - click, click, click)
cixx79 Member Nov 12, 2010 43 0 0 Nov 13, 2010 #54 I was planning on getting 4 of these since it was so cheap, good thing I didn't, failure rate is atrocious.
I was planning on getting 4 of these since it was so cheap, good thing I didn't, failure rate is atrocious.
V VinylxScratches Golden Member Feb 2, 2009 1,666 0 0 Nov 13, 2010 #55 flood said: Redundancy only goes so far. Both my drives failed within 24hrs. Click to expand... Damn.... better get these going to see if they'll last.
flood said: Redundancy only goes so far. Both my drives failed within 24hrs. Click to expand... Damn.... better get these going to see if they'll last.
Engineer Elite Member Oct 9, 1999 39,234 701 126 Nov 13, 2010 #56 cixx79 said: I was planning on getting 4 of these since it was so cheap, good thing I didn't, failure rate is atrocious. Click to expand... Not sure why as the Newegg rating is at 91% 5 star. Can't get much better than that.
cixx79 said: I was planning on getting 4 of these since it was so cheap, good thing I didn't, failure rate is atrocious. Click to expand... Not sure why as the Newegg rating is at 91% 5 star. Can't get much better than that.
WhoBeDaPlaya Diamond Member Sep 15, 2000 7,414 401 126 Nov 13, 2010 #57 cixx79 said: I was planning on getting 4 of these since it was so cheap, good thing I didn't, failure rate is atrocious. Click to expand... I think it might have more to do with newEgg's atrocious HDD packing methods
cixx79 said: I was planning on getting 4 of these since it was so cheap, good thing I didn't, failure rate is atrocious. Click to expand... I think it might have more to do with newEgg's atrocious HDD packing methods
E Exterous Super Moderator Jun 20, 2006 20,429 3,533 126 Nov 13, 2010 #58 WhoBeDaPlaya said: I think it might have more to do with newEgg's atrocious HDD packing methods Click to expand... is it worse than eWiz? I bought a drive from them and it was in a box 3x the necessary size and had a single deflated air filled packing bag in it. That said - 1 year running and no problems *knock on wood*
WhoBeDaPlaya said: I think it might have more to do with newEgg's atrocious HDD packing methods Click to expand... is it worse than eWiz? I bought a drive from them and it was in a box 3x the necessary size and had a single deflated air filled packing bag in it. That said - 1 year running and no problems *knock on wood*
manimal Lifer Mar 30, 2007 13,560 8 0 Nov 13, 2010 #59 Exterous said: is it worse than eWiz? I bought a drive from them and it was in a box 3x the necessary size and had a single deflated air filled packing bag in it. That said - 1 year running and no problems *knock on wood* Click to expand... My 5 were packed well in a small white box and wrapped in paper within a larger box. Maybe newegg just doesn't like you guys...lol
Exterous said: is it worse than eWiz? I bought a drive from them and it was in a box 3x the necessary size and had a single deflated air filled packing bag in it. That said - 1 year running and no problems *knock on wood* Click to expand... My 5 were packed well in a small white box and wrapped in paper within a larger box. Maybe newegg just doesn't like you guys...lol