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minus-squareDefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·13 hours agoBarracudas are SMR garbage nowadays, they’re coasting on their reputation of many years ago when they were actually decent hard drives for the price.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours ago …when they were actually decent hard drives for the price. And had a five year warranty.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours 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-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoExos are typically still good drives though if you’re going for storage.
Barracudas are SMR garbage nowadays, they’re coasting on their reputation of many years ago when they were actually decent hard drives for the price.
And had a five year warranty.
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.
Exos are typically still good drives though if you’re going for storage.