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I have this and use it for work, the hell should I buy instead? It’s working fine but i guess it’s a ticking time bomb?
Even if you have the most reliable SSD/HDD in the world, always have redundancy; make backups.
I brought a 2TB Extreme Portable SSD on vacation with me as a backup for my camera's SD cards. Are you telling me I need a backup for my backup?
When it comes to copies, 1 is none, 2 is one, and 3 is a backup!
Lacie and OWC have good records. I work around media managers in film and I'll still see them on set.
That's a good sign imo
I just typed in Lacie SSD into Amazon and wouldn't you know it the second-top result is a sponsored listing for the SanDisk Extreme 2TB with a $5 coupon, 4.7 stars and 46,000 reviews. Now if those reviews aren't fake I don't know what is.
They're likely not fake; odds are there are loads of people who will buy this product and never have an issue. The problem is that some small percentage will experience catastrophic loss, and who wants to roll those dice?
I had one too. Replaced it with an external usb c m.2 enclosure and a Samsung drive. Works great.
I actually cracked open the WD enclosure just out of curiosity. It didn’t seem to have any method to dissipate heat. The new enclosure is all aluminum and has thermal pads so the whole thing is a heat sink.
I wouldn’t be surprised if if the failures come down to overheating.