The WD case highlights how manufacturers will cheat as much as they can get away with in regards to profits. That's why I mentioned it.
Doesn't matter if your use case is only stashing porn, mine is stashing archived web pages and wikis, for example. So integrity of both the HDD sectors and filesystem sectors really matters to me.
I also wanted to make a point about regulation requirements. If you cannot guarantee integrity of your backups, all compliance gets thrown out of the window, and your company will be closed if that info gets out.
This requirement is also the case for private citizens when it comes to preservations of filed bills and taxes, for the last 10 years, in all EU countries.
Doesn't matter if your use case is only stashing porn, mine is stashing archived web pages and wikis, for example. So integrity of both the HDD sectors and filesystem sectors really matters to me.
I also wanted to make a point about regulation requirements. If you cannot guarantee integrity of your backups, all compliance gets thrown out of the window, and your company will be closed if that info gets out.
This requirement is also the case for private citizens when it comes to preservations of filed bills and taxes, for the last 10 years, in all EU countries.