I have three of these to offload video from shoots. Now I can’t trust them so I have to find an alternative. WD should take notice that professionals have very long memories when it comes to equipment they can’t depend on. I used to trust WD above all other storage companies. Now, I’ll be looking at other brands.
To be fair, Samsung has really only been part if the equation since SSDs became a thing. In the spinning platter era, if you wanted reliability it was either WD or Segate.
Earlier this year they had major firmware issues bricking 980 and 990 pro SSDs and their response was atrocious. They only did something about it after getting enough bad press for denying countless warranty claims.
I have three of these to offload video from shoots. Now I can’t trust them so I have to find an alternative. WD should take notice that professionals have very long memories when it comes to equipment they can’t depend on. I used to trust WD above all other storage companies. Now, I’ll be looking at other brands.
You considered WD above even Samsung?
Samsung famously had problems with their 970 EVO drives.
That.
I have an Evo 860, Evo 980 and Pro 980 all die in 16 months.
One failure, ok.
Two failures, could be coincidence,
but 3 complete failures across different product lines and you a systematic production problem.
To be fair, Samsung has really only been part if the equation since SSDs became a thing. In the spinning platter era, if you wanted reliability it was either WD or Segate.
Remember the deathstar disaster?
For spinning platter, they all had periods of huge quality drops.
Like Seagate turned awful after buying Maxtor.
Seagate has had their moments long before that. Their Medalist series comes to mind.
Samsung isn’t the cleanest with history either
Isn’t it? They produce the flash memory themselves. Also didn’t they do the biggest recall in history with the note 7
Earlier this year they had major firmware issues bricking 980 and 990 pro SSDs and their response was atrocious. They only did something about it after getting enough bad press for denying countless warranty claims.
thankfully that was a software issue so I was able to fix mine before it shit the bed. Unfortunately the problem for WD is actually hardware based.
Did make me think twice about buying samsung in the future tho.
I mean if we are throwing in their other product lines, Samsung appliances are notoriously bad. Especially their fridges.
I had a baracuda go bad like 15 years ago and still don’t trust seagate to this day
Exactly.
Just make your own M.2 dump drive with a cheap enclosure and and m.2. They’re tool-less now and fairly rugged. Faster than these sandisks as well.
Yup. That’s exactly what I’m looking at. It’s just a PITA that I have three paper weights that I can never sell. Maybe Christmas ornaments?