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Western Digital has ben caught again with anti consumer practices on their NAS drives. This time they are marking some of their drives which have had more than 3 years of power on hours as 'warning' within Synology DSM (this is right after their 3 year warranty runs out). This can cause tons of issues within DSM, as actual warnings, such as too many relocated sectors, will go unnoticed. This is not the first time WD NAS drives have had serious anti-consumer behavior, the most notable was them secretly shipping SMR drives as NAS drives. This test is the WDDA test (western digital device analytics) which is throwing the drives into 'warning' after 3 years of power on hours. WHAT HARD DRIVES DO I RECOMMEND: (affiliate links) Segate IronWolf (or exos if there is a good deal) - Amazon: https://amzn.to/435hcIK - BH Photo: https://bhpho.to/3MmbnRG UPDATED FINDINGS: https://youtu.be/lss7t6BZ5KY * Disclaimer * No one has paid me to make this video or has any control over it. However I have received free hard drives in the past from both Synology (3x 8TB HDDs) and Segate (4x 8TB HDDs), though the Segate drives were through a third party. These drives were for review units, but I did get to keep them. This did not influence the making of this video, but I have included this for full transparency. Link to other peoples issues: https://community.synology.com/enu/forum/1/post/159537 Article on WD selling SMR NAS drives: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/311182-red-alert-wd-sued-for-selling-inferior-smr-hard-drives-to-nas-customers #NAS #wdda Hire Me! https://yarboroughtechnologies.com/contact/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Description&utm_campaign=wd Support the Channel & Get Early Access to ALL Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/spacerexwill/join Post on the forums: https://forums.spacerex.co My video with @nascompares on this: https://youtu.be/gQ_3rec-Hf0 How to disable WDDA: https://youtu.be/jx4i64uqsIA NAS compares write up: https://nascompares.com/2023/06/09/wd-red-nas-hard-drives-and-wdda-warnings-should-you-be-worried/ QNAP WDDA Test: https://youtu.be/SphvambqQxo TOC 00:00 Introduction: drives marked with "Warning" after 3 years 02:05 Previous WD issue: shipping SMR drives as NAS drives 04:05 My personal disclaimer 05:18 What's wrong with the 3 year warning 07:28 Impact on users 08:08 How to get around the issue if you already have WD drives 09:46 Conclusion *These are Amazon affiliate links, which means that if you purchase a product through one of them, I will receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you). Thank you for supporting my channel!