We just lost 3TB of data on a SanDisk Extreme SSD
www.theverge.com
How are these still on sale?

Anyone else have a similar experience with one of these drives?

  • Axel Gembe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    2 years ago

    We just lost 3TB of data because we didn’t back it up and stored it on cheap NAND flash

    FTFY

    • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      Someone didn’t read the story. This is about a known firmware fault that the company is doing its best not to keep quiet. Don’t help them in that work

        • harmonea@kbin.social
          2·
          2 years ago

          So because backups exist, everyone should be okay with buying bad hardware?

          I know you’re not actually saying that, but countering “this is a known firmware fault” with a reminder that backups should be done sure makes it look like you’re saying that. There’s still value in making sure consumers’ money goes to products that last.

        • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
          1·
          2 years ago

          There is absolutely nothing to say that the author didn’t have it backed up. He still lost 3TB of files from a new drive which was a replacement sent by the company, with a known fault supposedly fixed.

          “Herp derp he should have backed up” is not the takeaway here”

        • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Still, if SSDs fail repeatedly, something’s not right. That’s the point of the article