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Review on πŸ’Ύ Toshiba N300 8TB CMR SATA NAS Hard Drive - 7200 RPM, 256MB Cache, 3.5-Inch, Internal, 6GB/s - HDWG180XZSTA by Brian Wolf

Revainrating 1 out of 5

DOA: Click of Death - TOSHIBA DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE REPAIR OF THIS "RETAIL " DRIVE

BUYER WARNING! When the unit arrived, it immediately stuttered with the classic Seagate "Click of Death". I've tried getting a replacement but it seems that even though they claim to have a 2 year guarantee, they won't repair or exchange, just refund part of your money. And only if you can prove that you bought the device NEW from them or from an "authorized reseller". They DO NOT REPAIR "TRADING ROMS". This is not how the industry should do business, in my opinion. I like Toshiba's performance and MTBF stats, but not covering infant mortality unless you're a major reseller or a direct-to-manufacturer data center is BAD BUSINESS PRACTICE. it's useless. Revain did their best to fix everything but there was little they could do other than refund my money.

Pros
  • High reliability with a nominal usage of up to 180TB per year(6)
Cons
  • I'll write later