What are you doing for home NAS?

[Michael ODonnell]

I don't know what the current crop of WD Desktop drives
is like but when I was evaluating them for inclusion in
a product about 4 yrs ago they didn't make the cut.

In addition to mediocre xfer speeds their design seemed
to indicate unfamiliarity with (or disregard for)
basic concerns like physical stability.  Their stylish
pedestal package had blinkenlights and a dramatic sci-fi
appearance, but the center of gravity was so high and
the pedestal's footprint so small that they tipped over
given the slightest nudge.  Also, they offered no (or too
little) control over the permanently enabled power-saving
"feature", the device taking long enough to spin back up
and become available that it was sometimes abandoned by the
kernel as faulty.  I suspect the single design criterion
was the usual does-it-work-with-Windows.

If they've addressed such concerns in the meantime then
they may deserve consideration, otherwise...