[Leica] Backup hardware: USB3 HDD

[Adam Bridge]

No, they aren’t all manufactured in China, Nathan. Where did you get this idea?

Most of WD’s drives are manufactured in Malaysia where literally fleets of 747s cart them away. SE Asia is definitely the place to manufacture gear like this.

The reported issue with Seagate drives a while back came from faulty firmware in the drive, as I recall, not from the drive mechanicals. 

It’s astounding that magnetic recording is still following its growth curve after all these years as new understanding/new materials/new techniques allow information density to continue to increase.

Adam

> On Sep 27, 2015, at 11:42 PM, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> They all use the same contract manufacturers in China, so I very much doubt that there are systematic differences between brands.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan