October 31, 20241 yr I have a 4TB WD Red which has now hit over 10 years of power on, I have a spare 12TB WD red, is now a time to swap it or leave it and wait until it starts failing? Not had any failed parity checks or alerts
November 1, 20241 yr Community Expert If you have parity there is no real rush to upgrade it unless you need the extra space or for some other reason anticipate the drive to fail. Normally these things start throwing errors for a bit before they just stop completely.
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