[Leica] Backup hardware: USB3 HDD

[Nathan Wajsman]

Well, I was just making an assumption given that so many things are manufactured in China these days. I stand corrected. Good to know since I generally prefer to avoid Chinese products, and it so happens that most of my external HDDs are indeed WD.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 28 Sep 2015, at 18:17, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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