Since being told by support that my original 1TB drives were only good for use via a trade-in program I have been curious about the following:
There is a sticker on each disk cartridge that states "This Kaleidescape Disk Cartridge has been designed and factory certified for use with Kaleidescape Systems. Use of an uncertified Disk Cartridge is prohibited, may result in damage to the Kaleidescape Server, and will result in a loss of Server warranty coverage."
How can the threat of loss of warranty coverage by the vendor not be in conflict with the Magnusson-Moss Act?
For those that do not know, this is the same act that is referenced for protecting consumers in various ways, such as the ability to put a different hard disk or memory into a laptop computer, using an enhanced non OEM battery on a cell/mobile phone, or put different brand of tires onto a car.
I have been extremely curious if anyone has ever tried to get a new hard disk identical to what Kaleidescape provides and place it into the disk cartridge where a hard disk has failed; e.g. I would use a Western Digital WD2002FYPS in a KDISK-2000-L disk cartiridge.
Would a unused drive in the above scenario be formatted and then married to the security of the system for use by the server?
Again, just curious if anyone has tried. If not, is it fear of the invalidation of warranty (which it shouldn't be due to Magnusson-Moss Act protection) or other technical reason?
Cheers
There is a sticker on each disk cartridge that states "This Kaleidescape Disk Cartridge has been designed and factory certified for use with Kaleidescape Systems. Use of an uncertified Disk Cartridge is prohibited, may result in damage to the Kaleidescape Server, and will result in a loss of Server warranty coverage."
How can the threat of loss of warranty coverage by the vendor not be in conflict with the Magnusson-Moss Act?
For those that do not know, this is the same act that is referenced for protecting consumers in various ways, such as the ability to put a different hard disk or memory into a laptop computer, using an enhanced non OEM battery on a cell/mobile phone, or put different brand of tires onto a car.
I have been extremely curious if anyone has ever tried to get a new hard disk identical to what Kaleidescape provides and place it into the disk cartridge where a hard disk has failed; e.g. I would use a Western Digital WD2002FYPS in a KDISK-2000-L disk cartiridge.
Would a unused drive in the above scenario be formatted and then married to the security of the system for use by the server?
Again, just curious if anyone has tried. If not, is it fear of the invalidation of warranty (which it shouldn't be due to Magnusson-Moss Act protection) or other technical reason?
Cheers
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