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Western Digital Announces Redesigned My Passport Portable Hard Drives

cube said:
I don't have any major gripes, but I think HGST is the best, which WD bought.

And the 3.5" Toshibas derive from HGST, so I already chose it once.
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I got a Toshiba one. I don't trust them though simply because they are not a dedicated storage company like WD who's sole business is computer storage more or less. Just my philosophy in buying

Celebion said:
Micro-USB has always been a week point in external drives. Move your drive but 1 mm on the table and it gets disconnected. At least that's my experience.
So why does WD feel the need to solder on the usb controller? That's the main criticism here. Other than that, WD hard drivers are very reliable and I don't use anything else.
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hmm... I move my HDD all the time nothing happens, plus I think they abandoned the micro-USB for the full USB 3 now.
 
On a related note:

I am now wondering if I should remove my (non-WD) HGST Ultrastar 3TB drives and the one WD Red 3TB from my QNAP TS-419PII (RAID 10) and box them for a new rotating CCC schedule. I was using the QNAP and a separate USB 3 with it's own 4TB HGST for Time Machine. (Yes, I know, but I can't afford an LTO or Glacier.)

I could put four cheap, slow -but reliable SSD's into the QNAP TS-419 PII and use it as an iTunes server. I hate to toss out a "seemingly good" NAS, but I don't like running it 24/7 even if I'm using a power-conserving setup. Thoughts?

I'm still a huge fan of the (Thunderbolt 2) BMD MultiDock 2 (4 bays; 3 SSDs and one open slot for 2.5" clones.)

I've replaced two 2TB Seagates in my two Glyph GPT50 drives (for video work) and finally put an Ultrastar (WD-owned) in one of them. But I just can't trust spinners anymore. Not with so many companies cutting corners and selling refurbished parts as new.

Suggestions?
 
JamesPDX said:
On a related note:

I am now wondering if I should remove my (non-WD) HGST Ultrastar 3TB drives and the one WD Red 3TB from my QNAP TS-419PII (RAID 10) and box them for a new rotating CCC schedule. I was using the QNAP and a separate USB 3 with it's own 4TB HGST for Time Machine. (Yes, I know, but I can't afford an LTO or Glacier.)

I could put four cheap, slow -but reliable SSD's into the QNAP TS-419 PII and use it as an iTunes server. I hate to toss out a "seemingly good" NAS, but I don't like running it 24/7 even if I'm using a power-conserving setup. Thoughts?

I'm still a huge fan of the (Thunderbolt 2) BMD MultiDock 2 (4 bays; 3 SSDs and one open slot for 2.5" clones.)

I've replaced two 2TB Seagates in my two Glyph GPT50 drives (for video work) and finally put an Ultrastar (WD-owned) in one of them. But I just can't trust spinners anymore. Not with so many companies cutting corners and selling refurbished parts as new.

Suggestions?
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I have an extra USB3 4-way box, so I will retire 4x 7K4000 and hand them down as 2x RAID0 in it. Most probably I'm going to replace them with 2x 8TB X300 in the eSATA box where they are now.

I had a RAID10 fail completely not long after buying my first RAID, so I will not use this mode anymore.

I can just switch volumes between the USB3 and quad interface boxes by keeping the order. I'm disappointed that this is not possible with my TB1 box (same vendor, but Marvell controller).
 
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840quadra said:
Glad to see them still working on this line. Funny that I see WD in better light than Seagate. Despite having friends and family employed by seagate locally, after 4 drive failures in the last two years, I need a long break from their products.
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Love your Moniker. Did you ever buy a G3 upgrade card for a Mac?

I have had my last several WD Passports die. I am contemplating a simple Mirror Raid.
 
netwalker said:
Where are USB Type-C/USB 3.1 Gen 1 drives and better USB 3.1 Gen 2 with fast ssd or raid (like the old My Passport Pro)? Seems like WD leaves those to their overpriced g-technology brand.
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Agreed. With the new Macbooks and (rumored) MBPs using USB-C exclusively, I'm not going to spend money on something I'll be phasing out within the next 3 months.

Also, I'm seeing a lot of people don't like these WD My Passport drives... What alternatives are there at a similar size, price-point, and portability?
 
their passport drives have worked well, the mycloud drive we had was slow, but all in all they seem to be a decent company, just not sure what to think of the back to lego basics colours
 
My Seagate Backup Slim Plus Premium Metal Edition looks better. :cool:

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Last year, I was going to get the WD My Passport Ultra Metal Edition. The Seagate recently offered it at a lower price. And Backup Slim Plus can also be used to upgrade your PS4 hard drive. Thinner and looks better too.
 
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