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Re:Western Digital admits 2TB-6TB WD Red NAS drives use shin... by Thev00d00 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:47AM (#22876636)
Wow, why would they risk their brand like that. Seems silly.
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Re:Western Digital admits 2TB-6TB WD Red NAS drives use shin... by prepend on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @08:44AM (#22877029)
Isn’t the hard drive space all owned by WD since they bought Seagate? It doesn’t matter as much to their brand because there’s no competition in this area of large platter drives.
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Re:Western Digital admits 2TB-6TB WD Red NAS drives use shin... by Ratiofarmings on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @08:59AM (#22877156)
They bought HGST, not Seagate.
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