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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by cjg on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:00AM (#27627906)
I agree with your conclusion of increasing the length of support. But your half-life analysis isn't really the right choice. Hard drives tend to have a bath-tub failure rate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by Y_Y on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:01AM (#27628248)
Here's an explanation with some real-world data: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-long-do-disk-drives-last/

(Also, my hard drives always fail after I put them in the bathtub. Lol.)

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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by bayindirh on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:56AM (#27628855)
Some of the WD MyBook Live systems have removable drives. This makes drive life irrelevant at least for these drives.

E.g.: Mybook Live Duo 8TB: https://productimages.hepsiburada.net/s/12/500/8922723713074...

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