Have you seen the latest scam, where WD silently replaced fast NAND memory on their well reviewed NVMe SSD drive SN550 by a slower one? (See Tom’s Hardware article).
It’ kind of similar with silently replacing PMR disk by SMR disks, but now they’re covertly downgrading the NAND storage chips in their NMVe SSDs.
WD said:
“For greater transparency going forward, if we make a change to an existing internal SSD, we commit to introducing a new model number whenever any related published specifications are impacted. We value our customers and are committed to providing the best possible solutions for their data storage needs.”
Just as transparent as they are up-front about the switch from PMR to SMR in their ELEMENTS enclosures?
